Nature parks · Kentucky

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park

Louisville, KY · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park runs at 624% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nature parks workplace, earning a grade F.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park: 19.3 TCR = 624% of Nature parks BLS 3.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park safety composite

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.5

2022→2024

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park injury rate improved

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park's TCR fell 13.5 from 29.6 in 2022 to 16.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 29.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=29.6 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=16.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712190 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.3 · 624% of ind

  • DART 16.1 DART
  • RANK #28/28
  • PHOTO City of Middletown -…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Middletown - Parks & Recreation Maintenance (0.3 TCR gap)

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Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park 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 - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park averages 19.3 TCR (624% of the Nature parks BLS benchmark).

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

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park TCR series: 2022=29.6 · 2023=12.3 · 2024=16.1 · BLS 3.1

Where Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park falls in its industry

126 Nature parks establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 28 Nature parks employers in Kentucky.

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park (23 employees, TCR 19.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park
Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park (23 employees, TCR 19.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Parks & Recreation - Cherokee Park has fewer employees than the Nature parks median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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 16.1 16.1 3 0 0
2023 12.3 12.3 2 0 0
2022 29.6 23.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712190 · KY · Louisville

126 Nature parks 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 City of Middletown - Parks & Recreation Maintenance 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kendall County Forest Preserve District 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks & Rec Maintenance 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spring Farm Cares 17.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU - Danville Substation 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Generating Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midway Service Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Bennett, Inc. 23 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 Evergreen Place Supportive Living- Alton 19.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Symphony at The Tillers 19.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clearwater Springs Assisted Living 19.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Auberge at Benbrook Lake 19.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE D & H Equipment, Ltd 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lindon Insulation/Garage Doors 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cambria Sales and Distribution Center New York 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sumitomo Machinery Corp of America Corona 23 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, 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.