Industrial launderers · Kentucky

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's

Name: UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Owensboro, KY · ~384 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 2.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Industrial launderers workplace, earning a grade C.

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's: 2.5 TCR = 120% of Industrial launderers BLS 2.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's safety composite

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's: 2.2 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.2 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812332 · Owensboro, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 120% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #13/23
PHOTO 043Q - MILWAUKEE WI …
BOOK 7y book
INJ 65 inj
SIZE ~384 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 043Q - MILWAUKEE WI CLNRM (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
043Q - MILWAUK

2.5
325 - DETROIT

2.5
223 - ASHEVILL

2.5
495 - WHITE OA

2.5

What this shows UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's averages 2.5 TCR (120% of the Industrial launderers BLS benchmark).

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 2.1

Where UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's falls in its industry

917 Industrial launderers establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade C

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 23 Industrial launderers employers in Kentucky.

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's (384 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.1

UniFirst Owensboro Group Loc's has more employees than the Industrial launderers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023	2.7	2.5	12	0
2022	2.6	2.6	10	0
2021	3.7	3.4	13	0
2020	1.8	1.8	5	1
2019	2.9	1.6	11	0
2018	1.6	1.4	6	0
2017	2.2	1.9	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812332 · KY · Owensboro

917 Industrial launderers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 184 employers in Owensboro, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	043Q - MILWAUKEE WI CLNRM	MENOMONEE FALLS, WI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	325 - DETROIT FAS	TROY, MI	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	223 - ASHEVILLE	FLETCHER, NC	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	495 - WHITE OAK	WHITE OAK, TX	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Danville Facility	DANVILLE	384 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Celanese	FLORENCE	385 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fayette 561	LEXINGTON	383 FTE
STATE-SIZE	5417	LOUISVILLE	383 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Health Regional Hospital	Owensboro	2,305 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Public Schools	Owensboro	969 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Owensboro Independent	Owensboro	903 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Swedish Match	Owensboro	816 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ranfac Corp.	Avon, MA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Texas Children's Hospital - El Rio Warehouse (Supply Chain)	Houston, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lincoln, Nh #004	Lincoln, NH	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bloomfield, CT	Bloomfield, CT	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Springfield Children's Center	Dayton, OH	384 FTE
NAT-SIZE	B&I Contractors - Fort Myers Office	Fort Myers, FL	384 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MH(FW) Restaurants LLC	Houston, TX	384 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kens Foods Georgia	Mcdonough, GA	384 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.