Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Louisiana

WPI South LLC

Ruston, LA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WPI South LLC runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

WPI South LLC: 5.6 TCR = 171% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WPI South LLC safety composite

WPI South LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−3.5

2016→2018

WPI South LLC injury rate improved

WPI South LLC's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.6 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Ruston, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 171% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Chatsworth Products …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chatsworth Products Company, Georgetown, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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WPI South LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WPI South LLC averages 5.6 TCR (171% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

WPI South LLC TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where WPI South LLC falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Louisiana.

WPI South LLC (34 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 WPI South LLC
WPI South LLC (34 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

WPI South LLC has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings 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
2018 4.1 4.1 1 0 0
2017 5.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 7.6 7.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · LA · Ruston

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 47 employers in Ruston, LA · 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 Chatsworth Products Company, Georgetown, TX 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4715 N. Chestnut 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NIC Global-TN Coatings 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKS Industrial Short Term Establishments 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bunkie Service Center 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy Bienville/Arcadia 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Broussard ENK9 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hand Construction, LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR 23 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 23 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Super 1 Food's #617 239 FTE
NAT-TCR Wichita Clutch 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Steel Manufacturing 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #93 (Bend, OR) 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarksville 25 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE HCS 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Earland 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jackson Emc - Neese 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Draka Elevator Products, Inc. - Walnut 34 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.