Correctional institutions · Kentucky

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail

Louisville, KY · ~358 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade D.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail: 6.4 TCR = 199% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail safety composite

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail: 5.2 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.16× in 2024

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail's TCR rose 2.3 from 5.2 in 2023 to 7.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 199% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #8/18
  • PHOTO Multnomah County Bld…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Multnomah County Bldg 314/Inverness Jail (0.0 TCR gap)

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Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail averages 6.4 TCR (199% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 18 Correctional institutions employers in Kentucky.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail (358 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail (358 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government- Corrections Main Jail has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 7.5 1.0 27 2 0
2023 5.2 2.8 15 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · KY · Louisville

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Multnomah County Bldg 314/Inverness Jail 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Corrections (11) 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR COH Whitney Ranch Recreation Center 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASPC-Safford/Ft. Grant 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Toyota Boshoku Kentucky - Bardstown 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE JEFFERSON COUNTY-L&N BUILDING 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Facility 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Thomas Health Systems, INC 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - FTW7 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WTX2 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDU5 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Accriva Diagnostics 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DDX6 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - IAH5 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joby Aviation Marina 358 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.