Government base facilities operation support services · Kentucky

Nelson County Jail

Bardstown, KY · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson County Jail runs at 853% 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 Jail: 22.2 TCR = 853% of Government base facilities operation support services BLS 2.6 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson County Jail safety composite

Nelson County Jail scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 27.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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 Jail: 12.6 → 56.7 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 64.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2.55× in 2022

Nelson County Jail's TCR rose 44.1 from 12.6 in 2019 to 56.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 64.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 2.55× 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 22.2 · 853% of ind

  • DART 56.7 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO 300858600 BSWH BUMC …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 300858600 BSWH BUMC EVS (0.4 TCR gap)

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Nelson County Jail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson County Jail averages 22.2 TCR (853% 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 Jail TCR series: 2019=12.6 · 2020=64.9 · 2021=31.8 · 2022=56.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Nelson County Jail falls in its industry

757 Government base facilities ope establishments

Safer than 0% 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 #20 safest of 20 Government base facilities ope employers in Kentucky.

Nelson County Jail (30 employees, TCR 22.2) 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson County Jail
Nelson County Jail (30 employees, TCR 22.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Nelson County Jail 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
2022 56.7 56.7 1 13 0
2021 31.8 27.8 2 6 0
2020 64.9 49.6 4 13 0
2019 12.6 12.6 3 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 300858600 BSWH BUMC EVS 22.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Facilities 23.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sherburne County Government Center - Sheriff (Jail) 20.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT LHP BAY TRANSPORT 19.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Brothers Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Homestead Family Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hwy 60 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU Magnolia Compressor Station 30 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 Sandcastle Hotel on the Beach 22.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Marine Corp 22.2 TCR
NAT-TCR HCSC-Ambulatory Care 22.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Aus-Ground Ops 22.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fairfield Inn & Suites Las Vegas South 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pipho Milk Transport, Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Early Childhood Education 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2573-MN053 30 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.