Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing · Missouri

Flex-O-Lators Carthage

Carthage, MO · ~257 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flex-O-Lators Carthage runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Flex-O-Lators Carthage: 2.9 TCR = 86% of Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flex-O-Lators Carthage safety composite

Flex-O-Lators Carthage scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−3.7

2018→2023

Flex-O-Lators Carthage injury rate improved

Flex-O-Lators Carthage's TCR fell 3.7 from 5.2 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2021=1.8 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332613 · Carthage, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Stabilus, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~257 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stabilus, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flex-O-Lators Carthage in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flex-O-Lators Carthage averages 2.9 TCR (86% of the Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Flex-O-Lators Carthage TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2021=1.8 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Flex-O-Lators Carthage falls in its industry

189 Flat springs (except clock, wa establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

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 6 Flat springs (except clock, wa employers in Missouri.

Flex-O-Lators Carthage (257 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Flex-O-Lators Carthage
Flex-O-Lators Carthage (257 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Flex-O-Lators Carthage has more employees than the Flat springs (except clock, watch), ligh median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2023 1.6 1.3 6 0 0
2021 1.8 0.9 4 0 0
2018 5.2 2.0 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332613 · MO · Carthage

189 Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing 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 Stabilus, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eibach Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Associated Spring Corry Division 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tollman Spring Co., LLC 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE E&K of Kansas City, Inc. 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE Leggett and Platt Automotive Carthage 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE NDX Keller 257 FTE
STATE-SIZE 20275 - Parkville 257 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 Paschal Heating and Air Conditioning Co., Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 500 Seaview Avenue 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lahey Outpatient Center Lexington 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SGS Retail - Terra Bella 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marietta Terminal 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Law Enforcement - Greensboro Jail 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raleigh Rpo 257 FTE
NAT-SIZE J.R. Hobbs 257 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, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.