Jails (except private operation of) · Kentucky

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail

Louisville, KY · ~372 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.0
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail runs at 563% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Jails (except private operation of) workplace, earning a grade F.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail: 18.0 TCR = 563% of Jails (except private operation of) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail safety composite

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

TCR Δ

−25.6

2022→2023

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail injury rate improved

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail's TCR fell 25.6 from 30.8 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=30.8 · 2023=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 18.0 · 563% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #17/18
  • PHOTO MN Dept of Correctio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~372 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MN Dept of Corrections - Rush City (0.1 TCR gap)

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Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - 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 Govt - Corrections - Main Jail averages 18.0 TCR (563% of the Jails (except private operation of) BLS benchmark).

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

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail TCR series: 2022=30.8 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 3.2

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

482 Jails (except private operatio establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #17 safest of 18 Jails (except private operatio employers in Kentucky.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail (372 employees, TCR 18.0) 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 Govt - Corrections - Main Jail
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail (372 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Main Jail has more employees than the Jails (except private operation of) 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
2023 5.2 2.8 15 4 0
2022 30.8 29.6 25 96 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · KY · Louisville

482 Jails (except private operation of) 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 MN Dept of Corrections - Rush City 18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Institution for Men 18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CDC MULE CREEK STATE PRISON 18.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CDCR- California Institution for Women 17.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 445 372 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2628 373 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3363 371 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ferrara Candy Company 374 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 Store 0506 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR McCoys Building Supply-San Antonio (General McMullen) 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Les Schwab Tire Center-Aberdeen 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-01832 18.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Western Bagel Baking Corp 372 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaver Pa 372 FTE
NAT-SIZE Police - Uniforms Operation 372 FTE
NAT-SIZE Super ATV 372 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.