Mechanical contractors · Kentucky

Murtco, Inc.

Paducah, KY · ~67 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Murtco, Inc. runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mechanical contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Murtco, Inc.: 0.7 TCR = 25% of Mechanical contractors BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Murtco, Inc. safety composite

Murtco, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−1.1

2016→2024

Murtco, Inc. injury rate improved

Murtco, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 1.9 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Paducah, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #9/79
  • PHOTO United Group Services
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Group Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Murtco, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Murtco, Inc. averages 0.7 TCR (25% of the Mechanical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Murtco, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Murtco, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Mechanical contractors establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 79 Mechanical contractors employers in Kentucky.

Murtco, Inc. (67 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Murtco, Inc.
Murtco, Inc. (67 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Murtco, Inc. has more employees than the Mechanical contractors median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2018 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · KY · Paducah

5,793 Mechanical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, 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 United Group Services 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sheldon Mechanical Corporation 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southland Industries 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR J&D Heating and Air Conditioning, LLC 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smith Contractors, Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paradise Tomato Kitchens, Inc. - Administration 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dean Milk - Louisville 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calvert City Sekisui Speciality Chemicals 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingram barge Company 2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah Hospital 1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah 1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heatlh Paducah 1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR John Pohar & Sons, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Paladin Ind. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Coastal Region 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tetra Pak Inc. - Vernon Hills 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oakmont of San Jose 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Free State Lumber Company, Inc. 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITW Covid Security Group 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lomakatsi Restoration Project 67 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.