Car bodies, kit, manufacturing · Kentucky
Tower Automotive USA, LLC
Shepherdsville, KY · ~239 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tower Automotive USA, LLC runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Car bodies, kit, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Tower Automotive USA, LLC: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Car bodies, kit, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tower Automotive USA, LLC safety composite
Tower Automotive USA, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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).
67/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 84% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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 USA, LLC: 0.4 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
Tower Automotive USA, LLC's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.4 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Shepherdsville, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #1/12
- PHOTO Johnston North Ameri…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~239 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Johnston North America, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tower Automotive USA, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Maintainer Cor
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa - South Plant
2.7 TCR
- This site
Tower Automotive USA, LLC
2.6 TCR
- Johnston North
Johnston North America, Inc
2.6 TCR
- GEDIA Michigan
GEDIA Michigan LLC
2.6 TCR
- American Emerg
American Emergency Vehicle
2.6 TCR
What this shows Tower Automotive USA, LLC averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Car bodies, kit, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tower Automotive USA, LLC TCR series: 2019=0.4 · 2020=5.2 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Tower Automotive USA, LLC falls in its industry
470 Car bodies, kit, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 12 Car bodies, kit, manufacturing employers in Kentucky.
Tower Automotive USA, LLC has more employees than the Car bodies, kit, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · KY · Shepherdsville
470 Car bodies, kit, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 77 employers in Shepherdsville, 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 | Johnston North America, Inc | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GEDIA Michigan LLC | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | American Emergency Vehicle | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maintainer Corporation of Iowa - South Plant | 2.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Givaudan Flavors Corporation | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KY041 Bowling Green (Dixie) | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Amcor Flexibles Shelbyville-Liquids | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fritz Winter North America, LP | 239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SDF9 | 2,577 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF9 | 2,077 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF4 | 929 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magna LVSS | 830 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Breckenridge Brewery | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TMC Transportation - Brownsburg | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fiber Processing plant | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Woodhouse Ford Chrysler | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hartford CT FXFE-HFD | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | San Antonio Food Bank | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lone Star Park | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gulf Coast Pipeline Services | 239 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.