Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing · Missouri

West Plains

West Plains, MO · ~103 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Plains runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

West Plains: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Plains safety composite

West Plains scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−6.2

2017→2023

West Plains injury rate improved

West Plains's TCR fell 6.2 from 6.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.2 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325194 · West Plains, MO ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO 076-ROE Summersville
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 076-ROE Summersville (0.3 TCR gap)

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West Plains in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Plains averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

West Plains TCR series: 2017=6.2 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=2 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where West Plains falls in its industry

58 Charcoal briquettes, wood, man establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Charcoal briquettes, wood, man employers in Missouri.

West Plains (103 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate West Plains
West Plains (103 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 1.9

West Plains has more employees than the Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.0 0.0 2 0 0
2021 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 4 0 0
2019 5.4 4.6 7 0 0
2018 7.6 7.6 7 0 0
2017 6.2 4.1 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325194 · MO · West Plains

58 Charcoal briquettes, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 37 employers in West Plains, MO · 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 076-ROE Summersville 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kingsford Mfg Co 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cowboy Charcoal - Albany 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sellenriek Construction Jonesburg 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1474_3013 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE AFB International Aurora 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE OCCDP Joplin 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ozarks Medical Center 974 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 15 425 FTE
CITY-NEAR DRS Sustainments Systems, Inc- West Plains 375 FTE
CITY-NEAR 15 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Gulf Shore Care Center 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR PSI Pumping Solutions Inc 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CryoWorks, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kendallville 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Funky Buddha Brewery 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Specialty Bakers LLC 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACGC Junior/Senior High 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silgan Plastic Food Containers - 1 103 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.