Bed stores, retail · Missouri

Independence

Independence, MO · ~332 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Independence runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bed stores, retail workplace, earning a grade B.

Independence: 2.1 TCR = 62% of Bed stores, retail BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence safety composite

Independence scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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

−3.1

2016→2024

Independence injury rate improved

Independence's TCR fell 3.1 from 4.5 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · Independence, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #8/42
  • PHOTO Millington
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~332 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Millington (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence averages 2.1 TCR (62% of the Bed stores, retail BLS benchmark).

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

Independence TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Independence falls in its industry

2,215 Bed stores, retail establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 42 Bed stores, retail employers in Missouri.

Independence (332 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 Independence
Independence (332 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Independence has more employees than the Bed stores, retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2024 1.4 0.6 3 2 0
2023 1.8 0.6 1 5 0
2022 1.5 1.2 2 3 0
2021 1.5 1.2 1 4 0
2020 2.7 1.9 2 8 1
2019 1.8 0.8 1 6 0
2018 2.0 1.0 4 4 0
2017 1.7 1.1 2 4 0
2016 4.5 3.3 9 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · MO · Independence

2,215 Bed stores, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Millington 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Watsons of Louisville 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashley Furniture Homestore- Florissant 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR #300 Art Van Furniture Canton 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smithfield Foods 332 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis 332 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cenveo St. Louis 333 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arcosa Marine Products, Inc. Plant #1075 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Small Caliber Systems Division 1,810 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olin-Winchester LLC 1,582 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence 1,507 FTE
CITY-NEAR Landmark Building 906 FTE
NAT-TCR Northern Michigan Supply Alliance 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ADK Electric Corp. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CooperVision West Henrietta Distribution & Packaging Center 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #25 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brighton 332 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autocam Corporation 332 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ardagh Glass Inc Seattle 332 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cornwall Manor 332 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.