Truck trailer manufacturing · Indiana

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc.

Rensselaer, IN · ~183 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 525% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc.: 17.3 TCR = 525% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 17% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

8/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−17.8

2016→2024

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. injury rate improved

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR fell 17.8 from 26.4 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 26.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=26.4 · 2017=17.2 · 2018=25.7 · 2019=17.9 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Rensselaer, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 17.3 · 525% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #42/45
  • PHOTO Fab Tec, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 206 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fab Tec, Inc. (0.2 TCR gap)

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Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. averages 17.3 TCR (525% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2016=26.4 · 2017=17.2 · 2018=25.7 · 2019=17.9 · 2022=16.1 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 45 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Indiana.

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. (183 employees, TCR 17.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Talbert Manufacturing, Inc.
Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. (183 employees, TCR 17.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Talbert Manufacturing, Inc. has more employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 8.6 5.9 13 3 0
2023 9.3 6.2 13 5 0
2022 16.1 8.8 29 2 0
2019 17.9 10.8 40 3 1
2018 25.7 21.0 46 3 0
2017 17.2 13.5 26 2 0
2016 26.4 22.5 39 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · IN · Rensselaer

474 Truck trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 33 employers in Rensselaer, 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 Fab Tec, Inc. 17.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Air-Flo Manufacturing Co. Inc. 17.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR THE TRAILER COMPANY, INC 17.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lucky 7 Logistics 17.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amcor Rigid Packaging USA, LLC - Franklin 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brake Supply Evansville 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE New York Blower Company / LaPorte 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keystone Plant 57 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rensselaer IN 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jasper County Government 243 FTE
CITY-NEAR Donaldson Company - Rensselaer, IN 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR L & P Springs Manufacturing LLC 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Select Trusses & Lumber, Inc. 17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0198 Novato 17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vestal Steel Specialties, Inc. 17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cottonwood Health & Rehabilitation 17.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harris Rochester, Inc. 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunshine Mills Halifax, VA 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE North East 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heggem-Lundquist 183 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, 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.