Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing · Missouri

Western Wire Products Company

Fenton, MO · ~65 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Wire Products Company runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Wire Products Company: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Wire Products Company safety composite

Western Wire Products Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−0.8

2017→2023

Western Wire Products Company injury rate improved

Western Wire Products Company's TCR fell 0.8 from 6.4 in 2017 to 5.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.4 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Fenton, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK P20
  • PHOTO STG Division
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STG Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Wire Products Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Wire Products Company averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Western Wire Products Company TCR series: 2017=6.4 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=8 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6 · 2023=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Wire Products Company falls in its industry

335 Cotter pins, metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Western Wire Products Company (65 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Wire Products Company
Western Wire Products Company (65 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Western Wire Products Company has fewer employees than the Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 5.7 2.8 2 2 0
2022 6.0 6.0 5 0 0
2021 4.8 3.2 3 0 0
2020 5.1 3.4 3 0 0
2019 8.0 4.8 5 0 0
2018 7.2 7.2 4 0 0
2017 6.4 6.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · MO · Fenton

335 Cotter pins, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 154 employers in Fenton, 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 STG Division 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont Heading Division 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peru Plant 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Key Fasteners Corp 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE NW Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dodson Service Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Plant 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. M. Fahey Construction Company 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Clare Hospital - Fenton 1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR UniGroup 854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sachs Electric Company 707 FTE
CITY-NEAR MaritzCX Research LLC - Fenton 538 FTE
NAT-TCR Life EMS Inc.-Ottawa 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Central MN Mental Health Center - Main Campus 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkdale America LLC Plant 3 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Skagit Horticulture - MB 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Airtron Austin 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tourtellot 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Las Vegas Electric Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE SPR Houston 65 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.

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

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