Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Kansas

Tower Metal Works, Inc.

Maple Hill, KS · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tower Metal Works, Inc. runs at 442% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Tower Metal Works, Inc.: 14.6 TCR = 442% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tower Metal Works, Inc. safety composite

Tower Metal Works, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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 Metal Works, Inc.: 16.8 → 18.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 25.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Tower Metal Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 16.8 in 2017 to 18.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 25.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Maple Hill, KS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.6 · 442% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/15
  • PHOTO Precision Duct Syste…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Precision Duct Systems, LLC - Timber (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tower Metal Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tower Metal Works, Inc. averages 14.6 TCR (442% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tower Metal Works, Inc. TCR series: 2017=16.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=23.1 · 2022=25.6 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=18.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Tower Metal Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 15 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Kansas.

Tower Metal Works, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Tower Metal Works, Inc.
Tower Metal Works, Inc. (25 employees, TCR 14.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Tower Metal Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu 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 18.1 0.0 4 0 0
2023 12.2 0.0 3 0 0
2022 25.6 17.1 2 4 0
2021 23.1 9.2 1 4 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 16.4 12.3 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 16.8 8.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · KS · Maple Hill

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas 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 Precision Duct Systems, LLC - Timber 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR William Gray 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reliance Mfg Corporation 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Qualex Manufacturing LLC 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE ILS Farm Partnership 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE SOW 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms-Summit 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paola Service Center 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Dynapac Harvesting, Inc. (CA) 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TMF Center 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale River Valley Tualatin 14.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Springs Inc. 14.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Astor Services for Children & Families- ECP- Wingdale 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amicalola Emc- Edo 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Microbiz Security Company 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rouses Market #30 25 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.