Water treatment and distribution · Kentucky

Northern Kentucky Water District

Erlanger, KY · ~123 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Kentucky Water District runs at 618% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Northern Kentucky Water District: 7.4 TCR = 618% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Kentucky Water District safety composite

Northern Kentucky Water District scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.4

2016→2024

Northern Kentucky Water District injury rate improved

Northern Kentucky Water District's TCR fell 3.4 from 5.6 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2017=11.4 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Erlanger, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 618% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/21
  • PHOTO County of Maui Depar…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 40 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: County of Maui Department of Water Supply (0.1 TCR gap)

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Northern Kentucky Water District in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Kentucky Water District averages 7.4 TCR (618% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Kentucky Water District TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=11.4 · 2022=11.5 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Northern Kentucky Water District falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 21 Water treatment and distributi employers in Kentucky.

Northern Kentucky Water District (123 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Kentucky Water District
Northern Kentucky Water District (123 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Northern Kentucky Water District has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 2.1 0.0 1 1 0
2023 6.5 3.7 5 2 0
2022 11.5 10.6 12 0 0
2017 11.4 6.5 14 0 0
2016 5.6 2.8 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · KY · Erlanger

727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 118 employers in Erlanger, 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 County of Maui Department of Water Supply 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Forest Grove Public Works 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Home Base 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AC SCHULTES OF CAROLINA INC 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shadwell Farm, LLC 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lane's End Farm 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE AAK USA K1 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evonik Calvert City 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVG US HUB 3,714 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - KCVG 3,700 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVG RO 3,576 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVGGATEWAY 697 FTE
NAT-TCR Txsul - Sulphur Springs 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wimad - Madison 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Caesars Forum Convention Center 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6277 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shoreline Healthcare Center 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0013 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 705 Evansville West 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scsmt - Sumter Center 123 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.