Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Kentucky

Owensboro Ky

Owensboro, KY · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Owensboro Ky runs at 506% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Owensboro Ky: 11.1 TCR = 506% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owensboro Ky safety composite

Owensboro Ky scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−5.6

2016→2024

Owensboro Ky injury rate improved

Owensboro Ky's TCR fell 5.6 from 11.3 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 18.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.3 · 2017=11.2 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=18.4 · 2021=17.4 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 506% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #19/25
  • PHOTO WADSWORTH OH
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WADSWORTH OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owensboro Ky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owensboro Ky averages 11.1 TCR (506% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Owensboro Ky TCR series: 2016=11.3 · 2017=11.2 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=10.4 · 2020=18.4 · 2021=17.4 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Owensboro Ky falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 25 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Kentucky.

Owensboro Ky (45 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Owensboro Ky
Owensboro Ky (45 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Owensboro Ky has fewer employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 5.7 3.8 3 0 0
2023 7.8 5.8 4 0 0
2022 9.5 7.6 5 0 0
2021 17.4 17.4 9 0 0
2020 18.4 16.4 9 0 0
2019 10.4 10.4 5 0 0
2018 8.3 6.3 4 0 0
2017 11.2 6.7 5 0 0
2016 11.3 9.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · KY · Owensboro

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, 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 WADSWORTH OH 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1964-00020111 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAN FERNANDO CA (PACOIMA) 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Platte - 90-02 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE PMI Field 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLAYTON WATKINS CONSTRUCTION CO INC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Kentucky Construction 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Health Regional Hospital 2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Public Schools 969 FTE
CITY-NEAR Owensboro Independent 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish Match 816 FTE
NAT-TCR Wadsworth Oh 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Hills 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BC Steel Buildings 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holtger Bros., Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seymour in 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roberts Automatic Products 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookville in 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE D58 Kansas City 45 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.