Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis · Missouri

Knapheide Equipment Company

Taylor, MO · ~154 workers · 9 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

Knapheide Equipment Company runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade F.

Knapheide Equipment Company: 8.0 TCR = 241% of Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knapheide Equipment Company safety composite

Knapheide Equipment Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−5.5

2016→2024

Knapheide Equipment Company injury rate improved

Knapheide Equipment Company's TCR fell 5.5 from 11.9 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.9 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · Taylor, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 241% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #14/20
  • PHOTO Independent Protecti…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 120 inj
  • SIZE ~154 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knapheide Equipment Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knapheide Equipment Company averages 8.0 TCR (241% of the Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).

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

Knapheide Equipment Company TCR series: 2016=11.9 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=6 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Knapheide Equipment Company falls in its industry

470 Truck bodies assembling on pur establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Truck bodies assembling on pur employers in Missouri.

Knapheide Equipment Company (154 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 Knapheide Equipment Company
Knapheide Equipment Company (154 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Knapheide Equipment Company has more employees than the Truck bodies assembling on purchased cha 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
2024 6.3 4.2 12 0 0
2023 6.6 6.0 11 0 0
2022 9.7 6.5 12 0 0
2021 5.5 2.6 13 0 0
2020 6.0 3.8 8 0 0
2019 7.2 4.1 14 0 0
2018 13.1 5.3 22 0 0
2017 5.3 4.1 9 0 0
2016 11.9 10.0 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · MO · Taylor

470 Truck bodies assembling on purchased chassis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 3 employers in Taylor, 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 Independent Protection Company dba Turtle Top 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakota Bodies Watertown 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Supreme Southeast 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal West - Shoemakersville 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Industrial Construction & Engineering 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tre 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE BLUE SPRINGS PLANT 154 FTE
STATE-SIZE Axium Jefferson City 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ayerco 25 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taylor 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Waukesha Metal Products - Grafton 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Hill 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EWC Controls LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gec Enterprises LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spokane Parts Distribution Center 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Young Touchstone - Jackson Facility 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 15 Hildebran 154 FTE
NAT-SIZE LFW 154 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.