Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., body parts, fenders, hub caps, tops, trim) manufacturing · South Carolina

Tower International

Fountain Inn, SC · ~191 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tower International runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., body parts, fenders, hub caps, tops, trim) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Tower International: 1.9 TCR = 35% of Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., body parts, fenders, hub caps, tops, trim) manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower International safety composite

Tower International scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−2.4

2019→2021

Tower International injury rate improved

Tower International's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.4 in 2019 to 1.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.4 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Fountain Inn, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO Royal Die & Stamping
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~191 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Royal Die & Stamping (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tower International in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tower International averages 1.9 TCR (35% of the Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., body parts, fenders, hub caps, tops, trim) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tower International TCR series: 2019=3.4 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=1 · BLS 5.4

Where Tower International falls in its industry

510 Motor vehicle metal stampings establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Motor vehicle metal stampings employers in South Carolina.

Tower International (191 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 International
Tower International (191 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Tower International has more employees than the Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., bod 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 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
2020 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.4 1.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · SC · Fountain Inn

510 Motor vehicle metal stampings (e.g., body parts, fenders, hub caps, tops, trim) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 42 employers in Fountain Inn, SC · 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 Royal Die & Stamping 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GM Marion Stamping 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Autokiniton Greenville Manufacturing 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamrick Plant 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Suminoe Textile of America 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Industries 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1004 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bosch Rexroth FniP 957 FTE
CITY-NEAR DC/FniP Fountain Inn 900 FTE
CITY-NEAR AVX Corporation 684 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fountain Inn 655 FTE
NAT-TCR Univeristy of Nevada, Reno 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ykk S & B 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresh Ideas Management- Hastings College 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Buckeye Power, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bay Cities Produce Inc 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Seabury Resources Management, Inc. 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kemps Rochester Ice Cream Plant 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE 103988 - Long Ridge Energy Generation 191 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.