Book binding without printing · Kentucky

Next-Tek Finishing

Louisville, KY · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Next-Tek Finishing runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Book binding without printing workplace, earning a grade D.

Next-Tek Finishing: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Book binding without printing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Next-Tek Finishing safety composite

Next-Tek Finishing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Next-Tek Finishing held a steady TCR band

Next-Tek Finishing's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323120 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P28
  • PHOTO Fulton
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fulton (0.1 TCR gap)

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Next-Tek Finishing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Next-Tek Finishing averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Book binding without printing BLS benchmark).

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

Next-Tek Finishing TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=9.3 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Next-Tek Finishing falls in its industry

90 Book binding without printing establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Next-Tek Finishing (35 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Next-Tek Finishing
Next-Tek Finishing (35 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Next-Tek Finishing has fewer employees than the Book binding without printing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 11.5 8.6 4 0 0
2017 9.3 9.3 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323120 · KY · Louisville

90 Book binding without printing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, 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 Fulton 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lane Press 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Letterhead Press 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coyne Graphic Finishing, Inc 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Homestead Family Farms 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Castleton Lyons, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hermitage Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coldiron Office- Magnum Hunter Production 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR Mayflowerhomes Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsboro Rehabilitation & Health Care Center 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network Inc. 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tennova Healthcare - Dyersburg Regional 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edwards Equipment Sales, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Mirage Pipe 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orchard Park Assisted Living 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE LTCS11554 35 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.