Tops, convertible automotive, manufacturing · Missouri

BAK, Inc.

Springfield, MO · ~471 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BAK, Inc. runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tops, convertible automotive, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BAK, Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 25% of Tops, convertible automotive, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BAK, Inc. safety composite

BAK, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

BAK, Inc.: 0.6 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.13× in 2024

BAK, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.5 from 0.6 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Springfield, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #1/15
  • PHOTO JR Wheel
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~471 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JR Wheel (0.0 TCR gap)

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BAK, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BAK, Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (25% of the Tops, convertible automotive, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BAK, Inc. TCR series: 2019=0.6 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1 · BLS 5.4

Where BAK, Inc. falls in its industry

772 Tops, convertible automotive, establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 15 Tops, convertible automotive, employers in Missouri.

BAK, Inc. (471 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BAK, Inc.
BAK, Inc. (471 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

BAK, Inc. has more employees than the Tops, convertible automotive, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 1.0 0.2 6 0 0
2023 1.1 0.7 5 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 7 0 0
2021 2.4 0.2 12 0 0
2020 1.5 0.0 5 0 0
2019 0.6 0.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MO · Springfield

772 Tops, convertible automotive, 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 JR Wheel 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITW Automotive Fuel Systems 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nelson Global Products - Viroqua 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nelson Global Products - Black River Falls 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE SpecGx LLC 471 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Washington SPO215 471 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6077 472 FTE
STATE-SIZE STLVMOKO 472 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 Matrix Label Systems, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 100 Casino 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Vincennes Univ Board Operation 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Delta Sky Club Mco 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Decatur East 471 FTE
NAT-SIZE Location 1 471 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hexcel Salt Lake City Carbon Fibers 471 FTE
NAT-SIZE Assembly Facility 471 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.