Bus bodies manufacturing · Indiana

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top

New Paris, IN · ~162 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus bodies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Bus bodies manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top safety composite

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−6.8

2016→2023

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top injury rate improved

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top's TCR fell 6.8 from 15.2 in 2016 to 8.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=8.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · New Paris, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/21
  • PHOTO Knapheide Equipment …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 107 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knapheide Equipment Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Bus bodies manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top TCR series: 2016=15.2 · 2017=6.7 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=8.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top falls in its industry

470 Bus bodies manufacturing establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 21 Bus bodies manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top (162 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top
Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top (162 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top has more employees than the Bus bodies manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 8.4 0.0 19 0 0
2022 6.6 0.6 12 0 0
2021 6.7 0.0 7 0 0
2020 5.5 0.0 6 0 0
2019 7.9 1.1 14 0 0
2018 6.6 2.0 10 0 0
2017 6.7 0.8 8 0 0
2016 15.2 3.9 31 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · IN · New Paris

470 Bus bodies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 8 employers in New Paris, IN · 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 Knapheide Equipment Company 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakota Bodies Watertown 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal West - Shoemakersville 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Supreme Southeast 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Royal - South Bend 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coreslab Structures 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novelis 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE NT Supply and NFS - Greenwood 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smoker Craft Inc 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR 149 LCI 388 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smart LLC 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR Better Way Products New Paris 270 FTE
NAT-TCR Juanita Base - Bld: 0230 - 15 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR UHS Senior Living Center At Ideal 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Campbell Vocational Training Center 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassus N Wisconsin Arbor Vitae 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MacFarms LLC 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABEC Electric 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bancroft Contracting Corporation 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaverton or Plant 162 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.