Government base facilities operation support services · Kentucky

Nelson County Correctional Center

Bardstown, KY · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson County Correctional Center runs at 513% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Government base facilities operation support services workplace, earning a grade F.

Nelson County Correctional Center: 13.3 TCR = 513% of Government base facilities operation support services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson County Correctional Center safety composite

Nelson County Correctional Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 13.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Nelson County Correctional Center: 7.1 → 19.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2024

Nelson County Correctional Center's TCR rose 12.4 from 7.1 in 2023 to 19.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561210 · Bardstown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 513% of ind

  • DART 13.0 DART
  • RANK #19/20
  • PHOTO McLean County Facili…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McLean County Facilities Management (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson County Correctional Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson County Correctional Center averages 13.3 TCR (513% of the Government base facilities operation support services BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson County Correctional Center TCR series: 2023=7.1 · 2024=19.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Nelson County Correctional Center falls in its industry

757 Government base facilities ope establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 20 Government base facilities ope employers in Kentucky.

Nelson County Correctional Center (40 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson County Correctional Center
Nelson County Correctional Center (40 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Nelson County Correctional Center has fewer employees than the Government base facilities operation sup median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 19.5 13.0 6 0 0
2023 7.1 7.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561210 · KY · Bardstown

757 Government base facilities operation support services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 70 employers in Bardstown, 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 McLean County Facilities Management 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 133 950 - GEO CENTRAL REGIONAL OFFICE-LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CITY OF ST JAMES 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZ FREDERICK BASELIN 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electrical Distribution Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leak Eliminators 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC630 - SC630-Louisville, KY 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE STC:SC640 - SC640-Lexington, KY 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heaven Hill Brands 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 494 FTE
NAT-TCR NewWay Manufacturing 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TXA021 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Fremont Cafe & Commissary 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Casella Waste - Auburn MA Hauling 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Conwaste Recogido Mayaguez 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joe Krentzman & Son Lewistown 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE CFS Taller Mantenimiento Equipo Pesado Gurabo 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Long Brothers of Summerfield, Inc 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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