Patrol services, security · Kentucky

Nelson County Sheriff's Department

Bardstown, KY · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson County Sheriff's Department runs at 453% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Patrol services, security workplace, earning a grade F.

Nelson County Sheriff's Department: 11.8 TCR = 453% of Patrol services, security BLS 2.6 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson County Sheriff's Department safety composite

Nelson County Sheriff's Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−14.0

2019→2024

Nelson County Sheriff's Department injury rate improved

Nelson County Sheriff's Department's TCR fell 14.0 from 23.4 in 2019 to 9.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 23.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=23.4 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561612 · Bardstown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 453% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK P3
  • PHOTO Urban Development - …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Urban Development - Parking Services (0.5 TCR gap)

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Nelson County Sheriff's Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson County Sheriff's Department averages 11.8 TCR (453% of the Patrol services, security BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson County Sheriff's Department TCR series: 2019=23.4 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Nelson County Sheriff's Department falls in its industry

158 Patrol services, security establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Nelson County Sheriff's Department (40 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson County Sheriff's Department
Nelson County Sheriff's Department (40 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Nelson County Sheriff's Department has fewer employees than the Patrol services, security median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 9.4 2.4 3 1 0
2023 9.8 2.4 4 0 0
2022 7.6 5.0 3 0 0
2021 5.3 5.3 0 2 0
2020 15.2 10.1 5 1 0
2019 23.4 5.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561612 · KY · Bardstown

158 Patrol services, security 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 Urban Development - Parking Services 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Diego Sector 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glacier Park International Airport 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hyatt Regency Mission 12.9 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 Helser Industries 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ILC007 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Biddeford Store 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Inn at Atlantic Heights 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Joe Krentzman & Son Lewistown 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conwaste Recogido Mayaguez 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, 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.