Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants · Missouri
Carthage Wire Mill
Carthage, MO · ~173 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carthage Wire Mill runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Carthage Wire Mill: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Carthage Wire Mill safety composite
Carthage Wire Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Carthage Wire Mill: 6.0 → 7.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2021
Carthage Wire Mill's TCR rose 1.8 from 6.0 in 2016 to 7.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331222 · Carthage, MO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind
- DART 6.5 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO US Wire : Niles
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~173 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: US Wire : Niles (0.0 TCR gap)
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Carthage Wire Mill in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Wirerope Works
Wirerope Works, Inc. SUNBURY PLANT
5.5 TCR
- This site
Carthage Wire Mill
5.4 TCR
- US Wire : Nile
US Wire : Niles
5.4 TCR
- Central Wire I
Central Wire Inc Arkansas
5.3 TCR
- Koswire, Inc.
Koswire, Inc.
5.3 TCR
What this shows Carthage Wire Mill averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants BLS benchmark).
Carthage Wire Mill TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=3.1 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=7.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Carthage Wire Mill falls in its industry
163 Wire products, iron or steel, establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Wire products, iron or steel, employers in Missouri.
Carthage Wire Mill has more employees than the Wire products, iron or steel, made in wi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331222 · MO · Carthage
163 Wire products, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 58 employers in Carthage, 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 | US Wire : Niles | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Wire Inc Arkansas | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Koswire, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wirerope Works, Inc. SUNBURY PLANT | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Daily's Premium Meats St. Joseph, Mo. | 173 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Buckeye International Inc - Corporate | 173 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stainless Fabrication Inc | 173 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Architectural System Inc- Monett | 173 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carthage Plant | 825 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Schreiber Foods Fairview Plant | 702 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fairview Plant | 684 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Carthage Spring #0001 | 519 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aquatic Center | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Insulation #721 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store #024 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 073 | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rockwell Automation- Champaign IL (CGN) | 173 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Altek, Inc. | 173 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TC Transcontinental Thomasville | 173 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tastepoint | 173 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.