Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing · Kentucky

RKW North America

Franklin, KY · ~108 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RKW North America runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

RKW North America: 6.0 TCR = 180% of Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RKW North America safety composite

RKW North America scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.6

2017→2018

RKW North America injury rate improved

RKW North America's TCR fell 2.6 from 7.3 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.3 · 2018=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326113 · Franklin, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO IPS Corporation - Mo…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~108 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IPS Corporation - Monticello (0.0 TCR gap)

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RKW North America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RKW North America averages 6.0 TCR (180% of the Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

RKW North America TCR series: 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where RKW North America falls in its industry

303 Film, plastics (except packagi establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Film, plastics (except packagi employers in Kentucky.

RKW North America (108 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate RKW North America
RKW North America (108 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.9

RKW North America has more employees than the Film, plastics (except packaging), manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2018 4.6 1.9 5 0 0
2017 7.3 1.6 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326113 · KY · Franklin

303 Film, plastics (except packaging), manufacturing 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 IPS Corporation - Monticello 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ENTEK Membranes LLC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR All American Poly of Georgia 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UltraPoly Inc 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morris Forman WQTP 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plymouth Engineered Shapes 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABR Construction Inc. 108 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paradise Tomato Kitchens, Inc. - Crums Lane 108 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 Monogram Pet Treats, LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Defiance Hospital 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Luurtsema Sales Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1157 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bow (1403 Route 3A) 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Structure Tone, Inc. 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE 780 Louisville Rd 108 FTE
NAT-SIZE Abington Manor 108 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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