Distilleries · Kentucky

New Riff Distilling

Newport, KY · ~54 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Riff Distilling runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Distilleries workplace, earning a grade A.

New Riff Distilling: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Distilleries BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Riff Distilling safety composite

New Riff Distilling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

New Riff Distilling held a steady TCR band

New Riff Distilling's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312140 · Newport, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/35
  • PHOTO Four Roses Distiller…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Four Roses Distillery, LLC Lawrenceburg (0.1 TCR gap)

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New Riff Distilling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Riff Distilling averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Distilleries BLS benchmark).

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

New Riff Distilling TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where New Riff Distilling falls in its industry

114 Distilleries establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 35 Distilleries employers in Kentucky.

New Riff Distilling (54 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate New Riff Distilling
New Riff Distilling (54 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.1

New Riff Distilling has fewer employees than the Distilleries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312140 · KY · Newport

114 Distilleries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 36 employers in Newport, 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 Four Roses Distillery, LLC Lawrenceburg 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Castle and Key Distillery 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barton Brands of California 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barn 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marion 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hazard Svc Ctr 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hinkle Environmental Services, LLC. 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Haydon Bridge Company 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR PL Marketing 2,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Divisions Maintenance Group 791 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00423 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newport Aquarium 257 FTE
NAT-TCR Hillsboro Plant 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SRCTec 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jim Hinton Oil Company Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cordis 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pengo Corporation (Laurens, IA) 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 771 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE D&W, Inc. 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG019 54 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.