Cold storage warehousing · Kentucky

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC

Walton, KY · ~49 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.1
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cold storage warehousing workplace, earning a grade F.

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC: 21.1 TCR = 364% of Cold storage warehousing BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC safety composite

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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 21.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−5.1

2017→2018

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC injury rate improved

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC's TCR fell 5.1 from 23.7 in 2017 to 18.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 23.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=23.7 · 2018=18.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Walton, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.1 · 364% of ind

  • DART 11.8 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Cordele SEFF
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cordele SEFF (0.1 TCR gap)

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Merchants Cold Storage, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Merchants Cold Storage, LLC averages 21.1 TCR (364% of the Cold storage warehousing BLS benchmark).

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

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC TCR series: 2017=23.7 · 2018=18.6 · BLS 5.8

Where Merchants Cold Storage, LLC falls in its industry

1,039 Cold storage warehousing establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Cold storage warehousing employers in Kentucky.

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC (49 employees, TCR 21.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Merchants Cold Storage, LLC
Merchants Cold Storage, LLC (49 employees, TCR 21.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Merchants Cold Storage, LLC has fewer employees than the Cold storage warehousing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2018 18.6 11.8 11 0 0
2017 23.7 9.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · KY · Walton

1,039 Cold storage warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 50 employers in Walton, 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 Cordele SEFF 21.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Cold Logistic Services 2020 21.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Repack 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur (Plugs) - PRW 20.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Kentucky Water District Ft Thomas Treatment Plant 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE System Operations Center 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parco Constructors Group, LLC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYWON - RICHWOOD 876 FTE
CITY-NEAR Richwood #2 460 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radial Richwood #1 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Safran Landing Systems Kentucky LLC 322 FTE
NAT-TCR 830 Route 37 West 21.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 248 Fresno 21.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tallassee Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 21.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Zebra Express LLC 21.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 39-60-Alsip 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bon Secours Place at St. Petersburg 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nachurs Alpine Solutions - Ohio Plant 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mill/Office 49 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: 2018, 2017. 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.