Jails (except private operation of) · Kentucky

Pulaski County Detention Center

Somerset, KY · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pulaski County Detention Center runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Jails (except private operation of) workplace, earning a grade F.

Pulaski County Detention Center: 11.1 TCR = 348% of Jails (except private operation of) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pulaski County Detention Center safety composite

Pulaski County Detention Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−3.1

2023→2024

Pulaski County Detention Center injury rate improved

Pulaski County Detention Center's TCR fell 3.1 from 12.7 in 2023 to 9.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.7 · 2024=9.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Somerset, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 348% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO MRC - Maricopa Re-en…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MRC - Maricopa Re-entry Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pulaski County Detention Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pulaski County Detention Center averages 11.1 TCR (348% of the Jails (except private operation of) BLS benchmark).

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

Pulaski County Detention Center TCR series: 2023=12.7 · 2024=9.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Pulaski County Detention Center falls in its industry

482 Jails (except private operatio establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Jails (except private operatio employers in Kentucky.

Pulaski County Detention Center (55 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Pulaski County Detention Center
Pulaski County Detention Center (55 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Pulaski County Detention Center has fewer employees than the Jails (except private operation of) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 9.6 5.8 3 2 0
2023 12.7 6.3 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · KY · Somerset

482 Jails (except private operation of) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 88 employers in Somerset, 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 MRC - Maricopa Re-entry Center 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Jefferson County Metro Govt - Corrections - Hall of Justice 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCSO Dt Bob Wiley 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Federal Correctional Institution Mendota 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prestonsburg City's Utilities Commission 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Infinity Pipeline, Inc. 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Crafts, Inc. (Iowa Region) 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE ProPump and Controls Inc 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyotetsu America, Inc. 1,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR 689 458 FTE
NAT-TCR Wimid - Middleton Center 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mnfai - Faribault 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel King Industries, Inc. Rome 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nexair Mechanical Corporation 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE JetNet Corporation 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stay-Lite Lighting 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yates Electric LLC 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Embassy Suites by Hilton Tucson East 55 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.