Vending Machine Operators · Kentucky

Louisville, Ky Branch

Louisville, KY · ~64 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Louisville, Ky Branch runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vending Machine Operators workplace, earning a grade F.

Louisville, Ky Branch: 8.0 TCR = 235% of Vending Machine Operators BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Louisville, Ky Branch safety composite

Louisville, Ky Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−4.1

2016→2024

Louisville, Ky Branch injury rate improved

Louisville, Ky Branch's TCR fell 4.1 from 9.4 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=14.2 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 235% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Galesburg
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Galesburg (0.1 TCR gap)

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Louisville, Ky Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Louisville, Ky Branch averages 8.0 TCR (235% of the Vending Machine Operators BLS benchmark).

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

Louisville, Ky Branch TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=14.2 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=8 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Louisville, Ky Branch falls in its industry

311 Vending Machine Operators establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Vending Machine Operators employers in Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky Branch (64 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Louisville, Ky Branch
Louisville, Ky Branch (64 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Louisville, Ky Branch has more employees than the Vending Machine Operators median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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 5.3 5.3 4 0 0
2023 10.1 6.7 6 0 0
2022 10.7 8.9 6 0 0
2021 8.0 8.0 4 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2019 14.2 14.2 8 0 0
2018 3.8 0.0 2 0 0
2017 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2016 9.4 5.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · KY · Louisville

311 Vending Machine Operators 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 Galesburg 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RICHMOND, IN BRANCH 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forest City Vending 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watermill Express - Midland 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kentucky Hatchery (CV) 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE INTER-COUNTY ENERGY COOPERATIVE 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Service Center 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scott, Murphy and Daniel 64 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 Hustler Conveyor Company 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Yuma 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cranberry Superstore 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hickory Valley Retirement 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coleto Creek Power LP 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Brunswick 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Graceland University 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Tech Electric - Houston 64 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.