Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Missouri

ABEC Inc

Springfield, MO · ~147 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABEC Inc runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ABEC Inc: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABEC Inc safety composite

ABEC Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2018→2021

ABEC Inc injury rate improved

ABEC Inc's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.7 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.7 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Springfield, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO NG Resources
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NG Resources (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABEC Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABEC Inc averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ABEC Inc TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where ABEC Inc falls in its industry

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in Missouri.

ABEC Inc (147 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ABEC Inc
ABEC Inc (147 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

ABEC Inc has more employees than the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 1.4 2 0 0
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.7 0.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · MO · Springfield

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 633 employers in Springfield, MO · 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 NG Resources 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petrosmith Equipment, LP 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hughes Tank Company LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forum Energy Technologies - Clearfield 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE QuesTec Constructors, Inc 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOCAP, LLC 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seymour Facility 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshall 147 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD 4,885 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prime, Inc. HQ 3,091 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corp 3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bass Pro Corporate 1,888 FTE
NAT-TCR Drexel Headquarters 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lischkge Motors Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Myers Industries, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Scad J.O.'S 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE SFO-SCS 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Miller Industries LLC 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Gear 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butech, Inc. (633) 147 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, 2018. 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.