Furniture springs, light gauge, unassembled, made from purchased wire or strip · Missouri
Flex-O-Lators
Carthage, MO · ~218 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Flex-O-Lators runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Furniture springs, light gauge, unassembled, made from purchased wire or strip workplace, earning a grade D.
Flex-O-Lators: 4.5 TCR = 138% of Furniture springs, light gauge, unassembled, made from purchased wire or strip BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Flex-O-Lators safety composite
Flex-O-Lators scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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
−4.2
2016→2017
Flex-O-Lators injury rate improved
Flex-O-Lators's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.7 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.7 · 2017=2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332613 · Carthage, MO ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 138% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Matthew Warren Inc.
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~218 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Matthew Warren Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Flex-O-Lators in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Matthew Warren
Matthew Warren Inc.
4.6 TCR
- This site
Flex-O-Lators
4.5 TCR
- Dudek & Bock S
Dudek & Bock Spring Manufacturing Co
4.5 TCR
- Associated Spr
Associated Spring Milwaukee Division
4.4 TCR
- Jackson Spring
Jackson Spring & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
4.4 TCR
What this shows Flex-O-Lators averages 4.5 TCR (138% of the Furniture springs, light gauge, unassembled, made from purchased wire or strip BLS benchmark).
Flex-O-Lators TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=2.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Flex-O-Lators falls in its industry
189 Furniture springs, light gauge establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Furniture springs, light gauge employers in Missouri.
Flex-O-Lators has more employees than the Furniture springs, light gauge, unassemb median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332613 · MO · Carthage
189 Furniture springs, light gauge, unassembled, made from purchased wire or strip 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 | Matthew Warren Inc. | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dudek & Bock Spring Manufacturing Co | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Associated Spring Milwaukee Division | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jackson Spring & Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Red Monkey Foods, Inc. | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Modine Manufacturing Company - Joplin | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KCNSC East | 218 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 82 | 218 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 | Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hermiston Center (Orhrm) | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Evergreen Home Healthcare-Fort Collins | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #4557 San Jose, Ca | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Saginaw (Misag) | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2073-EJ-20730203-MX | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BTD Manufacturing Dawsonville | 218 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Republic National Distributing Company 12 | 218 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.