Marine cargo handling services · Kentucky

WTPS - Ghent

Ghent, KY · ~64 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WTPS - Ghent runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Marine cargo handling services workplace, earning a grade A.

WTPS - Ghent: 1.6 TCR = 37% of Marine cargo handling services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WTPS - Ghent safety composite

WTPS - Ghent scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

WTPS - Ghent: 0.0 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

WTPS - Ghent's TCR rose 1.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488320 · Ghent, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P85
  • PHOTO SSA Pacific Benicia
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SSA Pacific Benicia (0.0 TCR gap)

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WTPS - Ghent in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WTPS - Ghent averages 1.6 TCR (37% of the Marine cargo handling services BLS benchmark).

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

WTPS - Ghent TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 4.5

Where WTPS - Ghent falls in its industry

391 Marine cargo handling services establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
WTPS - Ghent (64 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate WTPS - Ghent
WTPS - Ghent (64 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 4.8

WTPS - Ghent has fewer employees than the Marine cargo handling services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2021 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.4 5.4 4 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488320 · KY · Ghent

391 Marine cargo handling services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 17 employers in Ghent, 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 SSA Pacific Benicia 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BMW Shuttle 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port of Freeport 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pier IX 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kentucky Hatchery (CV) 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE INTER-COUNTY ENERGY COOPERATIVE 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE South Service Center 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Scott, Murphy and Daniel 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS - GHENT 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ghent Kentrucky 1,440 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nucor Steel Gallatin 491 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ghent Station 222 FTE
NAT-TCR DraCool USA 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodservice : BEDFORD PARK INJ 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Circleville, OH 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Acuity Brands Lighting Conyers Complex 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridout - Conway 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2077-Us Dd Nw Norton Branch 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2077-Us Dd Nw Framingham Branch 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE RSH Construction 64 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.