Nuts, metal, manufacturing · California

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc.

Fremont, CA · ~61 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Nuts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc.: 0.2 TCR = 6% of Nuts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. safety composite

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. held a steady TCR band

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Fremont, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 6% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/42
  • PHOTO SPS Technologies dba…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SPS Technologies dba Cherry Aerospace (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. averages 0.2 TCR (6% of the Nuts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. falls in its industry

335 Nuts, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 42 Nuts, metal, manufacturing employers in California.

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. (61 employees, TCR 0.2) 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 Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc.
Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. (61 employees, TCR 0.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ball Scews & Actuators Co. Inc. has fewer employees than the Nuts, metal, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · CA · Fremont

335 Nuts, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 348 employers in Fremont, CA · 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 SPS Technologies dba Cherry Aerospace 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR All American Washer Werks 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fives Cinetic Corp 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ring Screw LLC Fenton Operations 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silveira Farms 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE La Brucherie Produce, LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olds Ranch 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1750 Production Office 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-45500 Fremont Blvd 21,378 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Fremont-Factory 12,707 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 517 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lam Research Corp. Fremont Campus 2,887 FTE
NAT-TCR Western Billing 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Massillon - 17th OH 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Anchor Group, Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SiteTech Inc. 0.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ward Manufacturing Co.-Evanston 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE 41-2 Pacella Park Dr., Randolph, MA 02368 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robstown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bulldog Hose Company, LLC. 61 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.