Refuse collection services · Kentucky

Sanitation Department

Madisonville, KY · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sanitation Department runs at 331% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade F.

Sanitation Department: 8.6 TCR = 331% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sanitation Department safety composite

Sanitation Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.5

2016→2017

Sanitation Department injury rate improved

Sanitation Department's TCR fell 2.5 from 9.9 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.9 · 2017=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Madisonville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 331% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #39/45
  • PHOTO S03373 - Commercial …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S03373 - Commercial Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sanitation Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sanitation Department averages 8.6 TCR (331% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

Sanitation Department TCR series: 2016=9.9 · 2017=7.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Sanitation Department falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 45 Refuse collection services employers in Kentucky.

Sanitation Department (29 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sanitation Department
Sanitation Department (29 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Sanitation Department has fewer employees than the Refuse collection services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2017 7.4 7.4 2 0 0
2016 9.9 9.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Madisonville

2,322 Refuse collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 90 employers in Madisonville, 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 S03373 - Commercial Disposal 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03956 - WM of Sandpoint 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04293 - Greater Lancaster 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04123 - WM of AL - Baldwin (Satellite) 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Unlimited Contract Services Bremen 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Robards Hatchery 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Covington Service Center 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Joint Sewer Agency 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Madisonville 1,361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Deaconess 1,214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Madisonville, Ky 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR 875 482 FTE
NAT-TCR Pannell Industries, Inc. Dallas-Fort Worth District 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR A&D Supply of Okc, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GMP Metal Products 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2579 - Bay Area Fume 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0109 - Norfolk, Va 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0097 - Raleigh, Nc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0016 - Modesto, Ca 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Roofing Company 29 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: 2017, 2016. 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.