Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) · Missouri

SCF Towing

St Louis, MO · ~160 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SCF Towing runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) workplace, earning a grade B.

SCF Towing: 3.4 TCR = 75% of Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SCF Towing safety composite

SCF Towing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

SCF Towing: 2.1 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2022

SCF Towing's TCR rose 1.2 from 2.1 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 483211 · St Louis, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 75% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK P27
  • PHOTO Campbell Transportat…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~160 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Campbell Transportation Company (Harbor Vessel Operations) (0.0 TCR gap)

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SCF Towing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SCF Towing averages 3.4 TCR (75% of the Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) BLS benchmark).

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

SCF Towing TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.6 · 2020=4 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where SCF Towing falls in its industry

48 Towing service, inland waters establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
SCF Towing (160 employees, TCR 3.4) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 28 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate SCF Towing
SCF Towing (160 employees, TCR 3.4) among 27 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 2.2

SCF Towing has more employees than the Towing service, inland waters (except on median and a higher 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
2022 3.3 3.3 16 0 0
2021 3.5 3.1 17 0 0
2020 4.0 3.6 13 0 0
2018 3.6 3.6 12 0 0
2017 3.6 3.3 12 0 0
2016 2.1 1.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

483211 · MO · St Louis

48 Towing service, inland waters (except on Great Lakes system) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 349 employers in St Louis, 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 Campbell Transportation Company (Harbor Vessel Operations) 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northstar Marine Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CTCO Benefits Services LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oahu Port of Honolulu, Pier 21 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SensoryEffects Bridgeton 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison County Wood Products Inc. 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE RK Stratman Inc 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pharma Tech Industries 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS 5,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Hospital South 3,776 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4M Building Solutions 2,111 FTE
CITY-NEAR HES Facilities Services Higher Education 1,607 FTE
NAT-TCR Tripler R Industries 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR General Die Casters Twins Cast 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Foley Whitehall PA 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2904-ASM-NE 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ohio Office 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springstone 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0404 Tyson Foods Inc. - Garden City 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE WPN-Well 160 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.