Ball bearings manufacturing · Illinois

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation

Elgin, IL · ~566 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ball bearings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Ball bearings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation safety composite

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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

−2.0

2018→2022

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation injury rate improved

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.9 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.9 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332991 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO American NTN Bearing…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~566 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin (0.1 TCR gap)

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American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Ball bearings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation falls in its industry

125 Ball bearings manufacturing establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Ball bearings manufacturing employers in Illinois.

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation (566 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation
American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation (566 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8

American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation has more employees than the Ball bearings manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2022 1.9 0.7 13 0 0
2021 2.2 0.7 13 0 0
2020 2.4 1.8 12 0 0
2018 3.9 1.8 24 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332991 · IL · Elgin

125 Ball bearings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 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 American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Cheraw 2 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NTN-Bower Corporation 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amsted Rail Company, Inc. 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Life Fitness Rosemont (HQ/Sales/Service) 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMD-DECATUR-1 HSHS ST MARY S HOSPITAL 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1855-ILARL012 566 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakkota Integrated Systems 567 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR Presence St. Joseph Hospital Elgin 761 FTE
NAT-TCR Kiln Direct LLC 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Volm Companies, Inc. (Idaho Falls, ID) 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HG240 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Crowne of Montgomery (Housekeeping) 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Windom 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oro Grande School District 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE MRDNCT04 566 FTE
NAT-SIZE OAK - Flight Ops 566 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.