Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · Kentucky

Ray Black & Son, Inc.

Paducah, KY · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ray Black & Son, Inc. runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade D.

Ray Black & Son, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 149% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ray Black & Son, Inc. safety composite

Ray Black & Son, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−9.1

2016→2024

Ray Black & Son, Inc. injury rate improved

Ray Black & Son, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.1 from 9.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=10.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Paducah, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 149% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #51/71
  • PHOTO Branscum Constructio…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Branscum Construction Co. Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ray Black & Son, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ray Black & Son, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (149% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

Ray Black & Son, Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=10.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Ray Black & Son, Inc. falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 71 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Kentucky.

Ray Black & Son, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ray Black & Son, Inc.
Ray Black & Son, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Ray Black & Son, Inc. has fewer employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.8 6.8 2 0 0
2019 10.5 5.3 4 0 0
2018 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · KY · Paducah

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, 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 Branscum Construction Co. Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bread Loaf Corporation 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Building Installation Group I 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Metal Fabricating 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Limestone Transmission Substation 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaefer General Contracting Services 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OMNI Commercial LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowlin Communications, LLC 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingram barge Company 2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah Hospital 1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah 1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heatlh Paducah 1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 048 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mbs Fabrication Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR American Crystal Sugar Company East Grand Forks 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Whit-Log Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE AIRCRAFT GEAR CORPORATION - Plant 2 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Falconer Electronics, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spies Painting, Inc. 32 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, 2021, 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.