WATCO COMPANIES, LLC is a ship building and repairing employer in GHENT, KY. Federal records show 3 OSHA inspections with 5 violations and $15,148 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 1, 2026.
WATCO COMPANIES, LLC
6870 US HWY 42 E GATE 5, GHENT, KY, 41045
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Inspection History
No inspection records found.
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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Industry context
Within the ship building and repairing industry in KY, WATCO COMPANIES, LLC ranks in the 51th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 48 comparable establishments.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 81th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 72th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 4.8 for the ship building and repairing sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 3.2.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 6 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is WATCO COMPANIES, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- WATCO COMPANIES, LLC has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $15,148 in total penalties.
- How does WATCO COMPANIES, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- WATCO COMPANIES, LLC operates in the ship building and repairing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.8.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WATCO COMPANIES, LLC of GHENT, KY from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 3 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, MSHA mine safety enforcement, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 14 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 1, 2026.
This profile may be incomplete if WATCO COMPANIES, LLCoperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.