Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Missouri

Metal Sales MC Independence

Independence, MO · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Sales MC Independence runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Metal Sales MC Independence: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Sales MC Independence safety composite

Metal Sales MC Independence scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metal Sales MC Independence: 0.0 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Metal Sales MC Independence's TCR rose 7.3 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Independence, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/19
  • PHOTO Don Park USA (LP)
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Don Park USA (LP) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Sales MC Independence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Sales MC Independence averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Sales MC Independence TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Sales MC Independence falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 19 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Missouri.

Metal Sales MC Independence (25 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Sales MC Independence
Metal Sales MC Independence (25 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Metal Sales MC Independence has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · MO · Independence

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing 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 Don Park USA (LP) 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sizemore Welding, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hoffman Enclosures Inc 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Sheet Metal 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Knob Noster Pullet Farm 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MO Prairie View 006-0138-PV 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOXF-SEL-MONETT FIELD OFFICE' 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sandy Ridge Cotton Co. LLC 25 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 S09088 - Monroe County MRF 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Fastener 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Northstar Asphalt, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Max-Tech and Maxxon Corporation 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE J & F Machine Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homeplace of Mondovi, LLC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE S09204 - Centralized Dispatch 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paradigm Construction 25 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, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.