Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing · Michigan
Barnes Industries
Madison Heights, MI · ~39 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Barnes Industries runs at 340% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Barnes Industries: 11.2 TCR = 340% of Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Barnes Industries safety composite
Barnes Industries scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Barnes Industries: 2.3 → 16.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 21.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2022
Barnes Industries's TCR rose 13.9 from 2.3 in 2016 to 16.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333613 · Madison Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 340% of ind
- DART 9.7 DART
- RANK #9/9
- PHOTO American Babbitt Bea…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~39 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: American Babbitt Bearing (0.1 TCR gap)
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Barnes Industries in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Morris Couplin
Morris Coupling Company
11.6 TCR
- This site
Barnes Industries
11.2 TCR
- American Babbi
American Babbitt Bearing
11.1 TCR
- Van Zeeland Ma
Van Zeeland Manufacturing, Inc.
10 TCR
- Powertrain Roc
Powertrain Rockford
9.6 TCR
What this shows Barnes Industries averages 11.2 TCR (340% of the Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Barnes Industries TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=21.9 · 2022=16.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Barnes Industries falls in its industry
111 Ball joints (except aircraft, establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Ball joints (except aircraft, employers in Michigan.
Barnes Industries has fewer employees than the Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 16.2 | 9.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.9 | 18.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333613 · MI · Madison Heights
111 Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Madison Heights, MI · 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 Babbitt Bearing | 11.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morris Coupling Company | 11.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Van Zeeland Manufacturing, Inc. | 10.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Powertrain Rockford | 9.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mount Hope Dairy | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CFI - Livonia | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dart Facilities | 39 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cripps Fontaine Excavating, INC | 39 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MADISON HEIGHTS (MIMAD) | 774 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIMAD - MADISON HEIGHTS | 749 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIDET183 | 668 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS | 509 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Fleet Farm - Chippewa Falls (MRU5149) | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1808 LKQ Western Truck Parts | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6400-SWY-0005-0005-00322 | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Willow Creek Senior Living | 11.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Walnut Creek | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wysong Enterprises, Inc. | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Food Giant #540 | 39 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tti, Inc - Ma | 39 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.