Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking, snuff) manufacturing · Kentucky
Shepherdsville
Shepherdsville, KY · ~203 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Shepherdsville runs at 359% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking, snuff) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Shepherdsville: 11.8 TCR = 359% of Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking, snuff) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Shepherdsville safety composite
Shepherdsville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
−1.8
2016→2024
Shepherdsville injury rate improved
Shepherdsville's TCR fell 1.8 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 31.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.6 · 2017=22.3 · 2018=25.4 · 2019=12.6 · 2020=11.0 · 2021=31.7 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312230 · Shepherdsville, KY ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 359% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Nuway Tobacco
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 156 inj
- SIZE ~203 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Nuway Tobacco (0.2 TCR gap)
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Shepherdsville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Nuway Tobacco
Nuway Tobacco
12 TCR
- This site
Shepherdsville
11.8 TCR
- Mr Juice LLC
Mr Juice LLC
10.6 TCR
- ITG Cigars (fo
ITG Cigars (formerly Altadis USA Inc.)
10.6 TCR
- ITG Cigars
ITG Cigars
10.5 TCR
What this shows Shepherdsville averages 11.8 TCR (359% of the Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking, snuff) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Shepherdsville TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=22.3 · 2018=25.4 · 2019=12.6 · 2020=11 · 2021=31.7 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Shepherdsville falls in its industry
53 Tobacco products (e.g., chewin establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Tobacco products (e.g., chewin employers in Kentucky.
Shepherdsville has more employees than the Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 31.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 25.4 | 21.6 | 59 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22.3 | 15.7 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312230 · KY · Shepherdsville
53 Tobacco products (e.g., chewing, smoking, snuff) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 77 employers in Shepherdsville, 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 | Nuway Tobacco | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mr Juice LLC | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ITG Cigars (formerly Altadis USA Inc.) | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ITG Cigars | 10.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ORBIS Bardstown | 203 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FICOSA NORTH AMERICA SHELBYVILLE | 203 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2728 - Middletown | 203 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cummins Eastern Kentucky Distribution | 203 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SDF9 | 2,577 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF9 | 2,077 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF4 | 929 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna LVSS | 830 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | El Ranchero Inc | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ashland Comfort Control, Inc. | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kast Farms Inc. | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Carry Transit - Blair, Ne | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | UT Health East Texas Jacksonville | 203 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1021 - Greenbrier | 203 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1209 - Gilbert Val Vista | 203 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McMillen, Inc. | 203 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.