Garbage collection services · Kentucky

WC of E.KY Pulaski County

Somerset, KY · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WC of E.KY Pulaski County runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade D.

WC of E.KY Pulaski County: 3.6 TCR = 137% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WC of E.KY Pulaski County safety composite

WC of E.KY Pulaski County scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

WC of E.KY Pulaski County: 0.0 → 10.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 3× in 2024

WC of E.KY Pulaski County's TCR rose 10.7 from 0.0 in 2018 to 10.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 137% of ind

  • DART 10.7 DART
  • RANK #14/45
  • PHOTO Bishopville
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bishopville (0.0 TCR gap)

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WC of E.KY Pulaski County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WC of E.KY Pulaski County averages 3.6 TCR (137% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

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

WC of E.KY Pulaski County TCR series: 2018=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=10.7 · BLS 2.6

Where WC of E.KY Pulaski County falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 68% 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 #14 safest of 45 Garbage collection services employers in Kentucky.

WC of E.KY Pulaski County (23 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 WC of E.KY Pulaski County
WC of E.KY Pulaski County (23 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

WC of E.KY Pulaski County has fewer employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower 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
2024 10.7 10.7 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · KY · Somerset

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 88 employers in Somerset, 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 Bishopville 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Paper Recycling - West Sacramento 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Republic Services of Arlington 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dittmer Recycling, Inc. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU - Danville Substation 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Generating Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midway Service Center 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.A. Bennett, Inc. 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital 1,346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toyotetsu America, Inc. 1,099 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somerset 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR 689 458 FTE
NAT-TCR Bishopville 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Duncan Aviation - Kalamazoo 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 224 Reynoldsburg 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Orlando Parts Distribution Center 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites San Jose Airport 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sonesta ES Suites Somerset 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 030 Chicago Heights, IL 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus 2 23 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: 2024, 2023, 2018. 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.