Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) · Indiana
Balkamp Headquarters
Plainfield, IN · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Balkamp Headquarters runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Balkamp Headquarters's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Balkamp Headquarters's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Where Balkamp Headquarters falls in its industry
1,537 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 31 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta employers in Indiana.
Balkamp Headquarters has an average TCR of 0.6, which is 16% of the industry average (3.4) for Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts). This is significantly better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Balkamp Headquarters
Between 2018 and 2022, Balkamp Headquarters's Total Case Rate improved from 1.1 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2018 saw the highest rate, at 1.1, a spread of 1.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Balkamp Headquarters recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Balkamp Headquarters's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 441310 - Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 238,400 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Balkamp Headquarters (this establishment) | 0.56 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 441310 |
| Indiana state avg (all industries) | 4.53 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Balkamp Headquarters to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Balkamp Headquarters's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 16% of the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) benchmark, Balkamp Headquarters reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.