Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing · Missouri

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin

Joplin, MO · ~141 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin: 0.8 TCR = 24% of Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin safety composite

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−0.5

2018→2021

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin injury rate improved

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin's TCR fell 0.5 from 0.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.5 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327993 · Joplin, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO OWENS CORNING - MOUN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: OWENS CORNING - MOUNT VERNON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin TCR series: 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin falls in its industry

101 Mineral wool insulation materi establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin (141 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin
Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin (141 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Owens Corning Thermafiber Joplin has more employees than the Mineral wool insulation materials manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.8 0.6 3 0 0
2018 0.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327993 · MO · Joplin

101 Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 203 employers in Joplin, 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 OWENS CORNING - MOUNT VERNON 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.- Houston TX 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roxul USA, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong World Industries Hilliard Plant 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thomas Industrial Coatings Inc. & Thomas Equipment and Management 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE NextPage 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doing Steel Fabrication LLC 141 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diagraph 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Freeman Health System 3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN 1,561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmic Fire & Safety Company Inc. 875 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jasper Products, LLC 782 FTE
NAT-TCR Plaza Tire & Auto Service 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GP Rubber 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR US180: Knoxville 290 - SG 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City, MO - Topeka, KS HVAC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Edina ISD #273 Countryside Elementary 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alert Innovation 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Circuits & Cables L.L.C. 141 FTE
NAT-SIZE Binford Supply, LLC 141 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.