Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing · Kentucky

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC

Bardstown, KY · ~449 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC: 3.0 TCR = 56% of Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC safety composite

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC: 2.7 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2021

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.7 in 2020 to 3.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 56% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #12/31
  • PHOTO Topy Precision Mfg. …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~449 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Topy Precision Mfg. Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC 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 averages 3.0 TCR (56% of the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing 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 TCR series: 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 5.4

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

510 Job stampings, automotive, met establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 31 Job stampings, automotive, met employers in Kentucky.

Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC (449 employees, TCR 3.0) 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
Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC (449 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 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
2021 3.3 1.7 14 0 0
2020 2.7 1.1 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Topy Precision Mfg. Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WKW Erbsloeh North America, LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gedia Michigan LP 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Auto Metal Craft 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Barton 1792 Distillery 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE KMG Fabrication 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE BAE Systems 449 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Water Company 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Fuji Seal 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Heaven Hill Brands 505 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown I 498 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tower Automotive Operation USA, LLC - Bardstown 1 494 FTE
NAT-TCR C9-Norwalk Showroom 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-859-Williams Sonoma 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 49311d - Seattle Zone 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Orscheln Farm and Home LLC 175 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maryville College 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0482 - Richmond Ca Whse 449 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wegmans Warrington 036 449 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.