Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers · Kentucky
Lousiville
Louisville, KY · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lousiville runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Lousiville: 3.2 TCR = 144% of Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lousiville safety composite
Lousiville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% 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%).
Lousiville held a steady TCR band
Lousiville's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.0 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 144% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/13
- PHOTO Detco
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Detco (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lousiville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Lousiville
3.2 TCR
- Detco
Detco
3.2 TCR
- Elk Grove Vill
Elk Grove Village
3.2 TCR
- Brenntag Pacif
Brenntag Pacific - Chandler
3.2 TCR
- Chemical Distr
Chemical Distributors, Incorporated
3.2 TCR
What this shows Lousiville averages 3.2 TCR (144% of the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Lousiville TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2
Where Lousiville falls in its industry
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Chemicals (except agriculture) employers in Kentucky.
Lousiville has fewer employees than the Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., au median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · KY · Louisville
766 Chemicals (except agriculture) (e.g., automotive, household, industrial, photographic) merchant wholesalers 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 | Detco | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Elk Grove Village | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brenntag Pacific - Chandler | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chemical Distributors, Incorporated | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Murdock Farms Inc. | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lane's End Farm Oak Tree Division | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henderson Municipal Gas | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wescott Construction | 25 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 | Corcoran Tile & Marble, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Eldredge Companies, Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Ennis Isd | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oak Canyon Manufacturing "Factory | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Asheville | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Armour Drive | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrold, SD | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National Distribution Centers LLC-2000 N. 62nd Street | 25 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.