General freight trucking, local · Kentucky

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin

Franklin, KY · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin: 3.5 TCR = 77% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin safety composite

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−3.8

2016→2019

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin injury rate improved

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin's TCR fell 3.8 from 8.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Franklin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 77% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #27/57
  • PHOTO HDS-Phoenix
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HDS-Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)

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Packaging Unlimited - Franklin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Packaging Unlimited - Franklin averages 3.5 TCR (77% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Packaging Unlimited - Franklin falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 57 General freight trucking, loca employers in Kentucky.

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin (53 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Packaging Unlimited - Franklin
Packaging Unlimited - Franklin (53 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Packaging Unlimited - Franklin has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 4.1 2.1 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 8.0 1.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · KY · Franklin

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, 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 HDS-Phoenix 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCS-EL PASO LEIGH FISHER-2029 (TXELS) 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Truck-Chariton 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alexandria, AL 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazard Service Center 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glasgow Water Company 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry's Plumbing 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Youngblood Excavating & Contracting Inc. 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499 622 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franklin Precision Industry, Inc. 562 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Franklin KY 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Global Group 504 FTE
NAT-TCR The Victor Goup Inc. dba Fralo Industries 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TrueNorth Steel-Corrugated Pipe Fargo 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lindsay Mobile Rigs 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Roemer Road 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Headquarters 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Riverside Public Works Street Maintenance 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Ridge Fire Department 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Seward Heartland Park 53 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.