Motor vehicle metal parts stamping · Michigan

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton

Elkton, MI · ~385 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle metal parts stamping workplace, earning a grade C.

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton: 6.2 TCR = 114% of Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton safety composite

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.8

2016→2024

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton injury rate improved

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton's TCR fell 5.8 from 10.7 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.7 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=5.5 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Elkton, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 6.2 · 114% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #110/165
  • PHOTO Hoosier Metal Form, …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 142 inj
  • SIZE ~385 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hoosier Metal Form, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton averages 6.2 TCR (114% of the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS benchmark).

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

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton TCR series: 2016=10.7 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=5.5 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 5.4

Where Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton falls in its industry

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stam establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #110 safest of 165 Motor vehicle metal parts stam employers in Michigan.

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton (385 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton (385 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Elkton has more employees than the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping median and a higher 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 4.9 2.2 23 1 0
2023 3.7 1.6 14 0 0
2018 5.5 0.9 24 0 0
2017 6.1 2.8 28 0 0
2016 10.7 5.7 53 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · MI · Elkton

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Hoosier Metal Form, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Matsu Ohio, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TASCO 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hill Mfg 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gente 385 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenly Street 386 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Quality Foods 386 FTE
STATE-SIZE HI-LEX Litchfield (HCIL) 384 FTE
NAT-TCR Nhman - Manchester 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncwch - West Charlotte Hub 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kylex - Lexington 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mocol - Columbia 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nahan Printing Saint Cloud 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE G III LEATHER FASHIONS, INC. / CK Distribution Center 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Diving Supply INC 385 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nova Bus (US) Inc. 385 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, 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.