Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping · Indiana
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn
Auburn, IN · ~167 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.2
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping workplace, earning a grade A.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn: 2.2 TCR = 41% of Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn safety composite
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% 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
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn: 2.8 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn's TCR rose 2.6 from 2.8 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336370 · Auburn, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 41% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #6/31
- PHOTO Shiloh Industries LL…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~167 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Shiloh Industries LLC Valley City (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn
2.2 TCR
- Shiloh Industr
Shiloh Industries LLC Valley City
2.2 TCR
- Challenge Kent
Challenge Kentucky
2.2 TCR
- Elringklinger
Elringklinger USA, Inc.
2.2 TCR
- Tower Automoti
Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1
2.2 TCR
What this shows Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn averages 2.2 TCR (41% of the Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping BLS benchmark).
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=0.5 · 2018=0.6 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 5.4
Where Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn falls in its industry
510 Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 31 Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping employers in Indiana.
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Auburn has more employees than the Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping 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 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336370 · IN · Auburn
510 Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 50 employers in Auburn, 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 | Shiloh Industries LLC Valley City | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Challenge Kentucky | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Elringklinger USA, Inc. | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PCI Indianapolis Interior | 167 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ameri-Kart Corp. IN | 167 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marian Inc. HQ | 167 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Worthington Steel Porter | 167 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DeKalb Health | 641 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 6074 | 575 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cooper Standard Automotive | 503 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6074 | 502 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | California Steel Services | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MI03-UDX-FLUSHING | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Coast Terminals | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Airside Technology Corporation | 2.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ADF International | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cutler Repaving, Inc. | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CVRx, Inc. | 167 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Concord Feed & Fuel | 167 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.