Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1

Name: Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bardstown, KY · ~494 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1: 2.2 TCR = 41% of Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 safety composite

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 held a steady TCR band

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.1 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Bardstown, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 41% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #6/31
PHOTO Tower Automotive Ope…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~494 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 averages 2.2 TCR (41% of the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 5.4

Where Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 falls in its industry

510 Job stampings, automotive, met establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 31 Job stampings, automotive, met employers in Kentucky.

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 (494 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 has more employees than the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufa 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	2.3	1.7	11	0	0
2023	2.1	0.6	10	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · KY · Bardstown

510 Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 70 employers in Bardstown, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn	AUBURN, IN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shiloh Industries LLC Valley City	VALLEY CITY, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Challenge Kentucky	RICHMOND, KY	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Elringklinger USA, Inc.	BUFORD, GA	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hydro-Gear, Princeton	PRINCETON	493 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kenton County Airport Board / CVG	ERLANGER	493 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Regal Beloit America, Inc.	FLORENCE	493 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nucor Steel Gallatin	GHENT	491 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Fuji Seal	Bardstown	660 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Heaven Hill Brands	Bardstown	505 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I	Bardstown	498 FTE
CITY-NEAR	QSI, Inc	Bardstown	469 FTE
NAT-TCR	Corporate	Omaha, NE	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Berry Global - Fremont, IN	Fremont, IN	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Netwatch, Inc.	Nixa, MO	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	AeroMD	St. Thomas, VI	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ideal Contracting, L.L.C.	Detroit, MI	494 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HomeCare Hospice	Morristown, NJ	494 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton LLC	Steelton, PA	494 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BDG Trees, LLC	Houston, TX	494 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. 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.