Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing · Kentucky

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset

Somerset, KY · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset safety composite

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−416.1

2018→2021

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset injury rate improved

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset's TCR fell 416.1 from 418.1 in 2018 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 418.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=418.1 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312112 · Somerset, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P43
  • PHOTO ESSENCE BOTTLING COM…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ESSENCE BOTTLING COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset TCR series: 2018=418.1 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset falls in its industry

192 Beverages, naturally carbonate establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset (58 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset
Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset (58 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset has fewer employees than the Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2021 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 5.1 2.5 2 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2018 418.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312112 · KY · Somerset

192 Beverages, naturally carbonated bottled water, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 88 employers in Somerset, 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 ESSENCE BOTTLING COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hialeah 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Niagara Bottling, LLC - Concours St. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Le Bleu Corporation 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE W Principles, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lyons Company, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEKRI - Corbin DC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novelis Guthrie 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyotetsu America, Inc. 1,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR 689 458 FTE
NAT-TCR SCVHHS Community Outreach Program (418) 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Boardman 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marrington School of the Arts 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Karnak Corporation North 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stoneworks Ltd. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rawlins Rehab & Wellness 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Miami Corporation - Cincinnati 58 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.