Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) · Missouri

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop

Name: Big Springs Sheltered Workshop Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Van Buren, MO · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) workplace, earning a grade A.

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop: 1.5 TCR = 39% of Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop safety composite

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop held a steady TCR band

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Van Buren, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 39% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #23/84
PHOTO Weaver Industries INC.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Weaver Industries INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Big Springs Sheltered Workshop averages 1.5 TCR (39% of the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) BLS benchmark).

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Big Springs Sheltered Workshop falls in its industry

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 84 Sheltered workshops (i.e., wor employers in Missouri.

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop (32 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Big Springs Sheltered Workshop has fewer employees than the Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experien median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	5.9	5.9	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · MO · Van Buren

1,455 Sheltered workshops (i.e., work experience centers) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 3 employers in Van Buren, MO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Weaver Industries INC.	AKRON, OH	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ft Eustis - Military Personnel Records 1705	FORT EUSTIS, VA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sauk	REEDSBURG, WI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Workforce Development Center	PITTSBURGH, PA	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PRINCETON CONTRACT PRODUCTION	PRINCETON	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Atlantic Pork	PARIS	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RDF SW Missouri, LLC	NIXA	32 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CRB Builders, LLC - St. Louis Office	ST. LOUIS	32 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HR Quadri Contractors, LLC	Van Buren	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Buren	Van Buren	23 FTE
NAT-TCR	Microchip Gresham	Gresham, OR	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Caterpillar Morton - VSI	Morton, IL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	National Distribution Centers LLC-4190 EAGLE HILL DRIVE	High Point, NC	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ink Systems Inc	Commerce, CA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Chickasaw Trail Animal Hospital	Orlando, FL	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Table Rock Farm, Inc.	Castile, NY	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong Garden Centers 702	Santa Monica, CA	32 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Armstrong Garden Centers 752	San Diego, CA	32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.