Drydock, floating, building · Kentucky
Walker Boat Yard
Paducah, KY · ~54 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Walker Boat Yard runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drydock, floating, building workplace, earning a grade D.
Walker Boat Yard: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Drydock, floating, building BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Walker Boat Yard safety composite
Walker Boat Yard scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
−4.6
2016→2023
Walker Boat Yard injury rate improved
Walker Boat Yard's TCR fell 4.6 from 8.4 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=3.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336611 · Paducah, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Superior Shipyard & …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Superior Shipyard & Fabrication (0.0 TCR gap)
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Walker Boat Yard in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Walker Boat Yard
4.5 TCR
- Superior Shipy
Superior Shipyard & Fabrication
4.5 TCR
- Conrad Shipyar
Conrad Shipyard - Orange Texas
4.5 TCR
- Chesapeake Off
Chesapeake Office
4.5 TCR
- Arcosa Marine
Arcosa Marine Products
4.5 TCR
What this shows Walker Boat Yard averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Drydock, floating, building BLS benchmark).
Walker Boat Yard TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.5 · 2022=4 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Walker Boat Yard falls in its industry
454 Drydock, floating, building establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Drydock, floating, building employers in Kentucky.
Walker Boat Yard has fewer employees than the Drydock, floating, building median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336611 · KY · Paducah
454 Drydock, floating, building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, 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 | Superior Shipyard & Fabrication | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Conrad Shipyard - Orange Texas | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chesapeake Office | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arcosa Marine Products | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Marion | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hazard Svc Ctr | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hinkle Environmental Services, LLC. | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Haydon Bridge Company | 54 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ingram barge Company | 2,071 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Paducah Hospital | 1,605 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Health Paducah | 1,459 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Baptist Heatlh Paducah | 1,398 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 311 Riggs Street | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Kankakee | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bay Area Production Services | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chicago | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RAFS of Dothan, Inc | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cherokee Millwright Morristown | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SugarCreek Packing - Muhlhauser | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Machine and Tool Build | 54 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.