Retail · Missouri

Independence Center 608

Name: Independence Center 608 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Independence, MO · ~143 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.4
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independence Center 608 runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade D.

Independence Center 608: 6.4 TCR = 189% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Center 608 safety composite

Independence Center 608 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2017

Independence Center 608 injury rate improved

Independence Center 608's TCR fell 2.6 from 7.7 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Independence, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 189% of ind

DART 2.6 DART
RANK #42/54
PHOTO Unit # 0135
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit # 0135 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.4
Unit # 0135

6.4
L&M Fleet Supp

6.4
Unit # 0367

6.4
Unit #1650

6.4

What this shows Independence Center 608 averages 6.4 TCR (189% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

Independence Center 608 TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=5.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Independence Center 608 falls in its industry

1,987 Retail establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 54 Retail employers in Missouri.

Independence Center 608 (143 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Independence Center 608 has more employees than the Retail median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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	5.1	2.6	4	0	0
2016	7.7	4.4	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · MO · Independence

1,987 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 126 employers in Independence, 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	Unit # 0135	MANCHESTER, CT	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	L&M Fleet Supply Detroit Lakes	DETROIT LAKES, MN	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 0367	WARWICK, RI	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit #1650	FLORENCE, AL	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	International Paper Kansas City	KANSAS CITY	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Quaker Windows and Doors Wood Plant	VIENNA	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	UltraSource LLC	KANSAS CITY	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wabtec Global Services Kansas City	KANSAS CITY	143 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division	Independence	1,810 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Olin-Winchester LLC	Independence	1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence	Independence	1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Landmark Building	Independence	906 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sioux Falls Airsort (Sdsfa)	Sioux Falls, SD	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kalamazoo (Mikal)	Oshtemo, MI	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	DSAR Lamar	Lamar, AR	6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Forest	Jamestown, NY	6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Timberland LLC	Greensboro, NC	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Herndon Farms	Lyons, GA	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center	Atlanta, GA	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bernhard MCC L.L.C. CNC	Charlotte, NC	143 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: 2017, 2016. 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.