Water distribution (except irrigation) · Kentucky

W/W Line Crews

Bowling Green, KY · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

W/W Line Crews runs at 1101% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water distribution (except irrigation) workplace, earning a grade F.

W/W Line Crews: 13.2 TCR = 1101% of Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

W/W Line Crews safety composite

W/W Line Crews scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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%).

Rising injury rate

W/W Line Crews: 4.6 → 21.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 21.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2017

W/W Line Crews's TCR rose 17.2 from 4.6 in 2016 to 21.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 1101% of ind

  • DART 17.4 DART
  • RANK #21/21
  • PHOTO City of Graham
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Graham (0.0 TCR gap)

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W/W Line Crews in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows W/W Line Crews averages 13.2 TCR (1101% of the Water distribution (except irrigation) BLS benchmark).

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

W/W Line Crews TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=21.8 · BLS 1.2

Where W/W Line Crews falls in its industry

727 Water distribution (except irr establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 21 Water distribution (except irr employers in Kentucky.

W/W Line Crews (24 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate W/W Line Crews
W/W Line Crews (24 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

W/W Line Crews has fewer employees than the Water distribution (except irrigation) 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
2017 21.8 17.4 5 0 0
2016 4.6 4.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · KY · Bowling Green

727 Water distribution (except irrigation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 City of Graham 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monte Vista Water District 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hixson Utility District 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE john wayne 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elizabethtown Storeroom & Service Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Meter Department 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Eastern PA 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR LQ0912 Redding 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Alexandria MW LLC - Manufacturing 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashley Furniture Homestore- Chattanooga DC 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spires Paving Company 24 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.

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