Waste recovery facilities · Kentucky
Parallel Products of Kentucky
Louisville, KY · ~82 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.6
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Parallel Products of Kentucky runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste recovery facilities workplace, earning a grade D.
Parallel Products of Kentucky: 4.0 TCR = 154% of Waste recovery facilities BLS 2.6 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Parallel Products of Kentucky safety composite
Parallel Products of Kentucky scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Parallel Products of Kentucky: 1.9 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024
Parallel Products of Kentucky's TCR rose 2.4 from 1.9 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 562920 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 154% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Materials Recovery F…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~82 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Materials Recovery Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Parallel Products of Kentucky in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Parallel Products of Kentucky
4 TCR
- Materials Reco
Materials Recovery Facility
4 TCR
- S09102 - Pitts
S09102 - Pittsburgh MRF
4 TCR
- C & I Electron
C & I Electronics Co., Inc.
4 TCR
- ReEnergy Lewis
ReEnergy Lewiston
4 TCR
What this shows Parallel Products of Kentucky averages 4.0 TCR (154% of the Waste recovery facilities BLS benchmark).
Parallel Products of Kentucky TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=8 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.6
Where Parallel Products of Kentucky falls in its industry
422 Waste recovery facilities establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Waste recovery facilities employers in Kentucky.
Parallel Products of Kentucky has more employees than the Waste recovery facilities median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
562920 · KY · Louisville
422 Waste recovery facilities 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 | Materials Recovery Facility | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S09102 - Pittsburgh MRF | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C & I Electronics Co., Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ReEnergy Lewiston | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Main Office | 82 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Seal Company | 82 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 104201 - TVA Shawnee Process Water Basin | 82 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | imi Louisville KY Plant | 82 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 | Tiff`s Treats - H2 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goodwill Hillsborough SS | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PSI Packaging Services | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Parallel Products of New England (Bronx) | 82 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Salt Lake City - BMD | 82 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cornerstone at Milford | 82 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Frederick MD Millwork | 82 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.