Carbons, electric, manufacturing · Kentucky

Superior Graphite KY

Hopkinsville, KY · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Superior Graphite KY runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Carbons, electric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Superior Graphite KY: 7.1 TCR = 216% of Carbons, electric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Superior Graphite KY safety composite

Superior Graphite KY scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−2.3

2016→2017

Superior Graphite KY injury rate improved

Superior Graphite KY's TCR fell 2.3 from 8.3 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335991 · Hopkinsville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 216% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Composite Approach
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Composite Approach (0.2 TCR gap)

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Superior Graphite KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Superior Graphite KY averages 7.1 TCR (216% of the Carbons, electric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Superior Graphite KY TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=6 · BLS 3.3

Where Superior Graphite KY falls in its industry

93 Carbons, electric, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Carbons, electric, manufacturi employers in Kentucky.

Superior Graphite KY (71 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Superior Graphite KY
Superior Graphite KY (71 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Superior Graphite KY has fewer employees than the Carbons, electric, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 6.0 6.0 5 0 0
2016 8.3 5.5 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335991 · KY · Hopkinsville

93 Carbons, electric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 132 employers in Hopkinsville, 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 Composite Approach 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGL Composites Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Carbon Technologies, LLC 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Haase Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE WCA Group, LLC Louisville 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Angliana 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Four Roses Distillery, LLC Cox's Creek 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jennie Stuart Medical Center 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6066 939 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6066 927 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metalsa 840 FTE
NAT-TCR 0732 - Dubois, Pa 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Able WeldBuilt Industries, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriGas - ACE - Conroe, TX (PC) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR C2110 - C-2 Portland 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Garden City Container 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Hampshire Location #09 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philips Lighting Mountain Top RDC 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kincaid Ready Mix 71 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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