Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Kentucky
Nelson County Road Department
Bardstown, KY · ~19 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Nelson County Road Department runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Nelson County Road Department: 6.3 TCR = 223% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Nelson County Road Department safety composite
Nelson County Road Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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 Road Department: 4.9 → 5.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 16.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024
Nelson County Road Department's TCR rose 0.8 from 4.9 in 2019 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Bardstown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 223% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #40/51
- PHOTO Winston Salem Northe…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~19 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Winston Salem Northern Belt Way (0.0 TCR gap)
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Nelson County Road Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Nelson County Road Department
6.3 TCR
- Winston Salem
Winston Salem Northern Belt Way
6.3 TCR
- D2 Mt Carroll
D2 Mt Carroll Yard
6.3 TCR
- Region 4 - Bld
Region 4 - Bldg B
6.3 TCR
- E & B Paving L
E & B Paving LLC - FLEET MAINTENANCE
6.2 TCR
What this shows Nelson County Road Department averages 6.3 TCR (223% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Nelson County Road Department TCR series: 2019=4.9 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Nelson County Road Department falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 51 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Kentucky.
Nelson County Road Department has fewer employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · KY · Bardstown
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Winston Salem Northern Belt Way | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D2 Mt Carroll Yard | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Region 4 - Bldg B | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | E & B Paving LLC - FLEET MAINTENANCE | 6.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Water Treatment Plant | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A L Baumgartner Construction Inc | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Judy Construction Company - 202104 | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Madisonville - Wastewater Collection | 19 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 | Finnish American Village | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Thompson + Hanson Houston Landscape Architecture | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Student | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roseville Grocery Outlet | 6.3 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.