Power transformers, electric, manufacturing · Illinois

Basler Electric Company - Highland

Highland, IL · ~329 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Basler Electric Company - Highland runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Power transformers, electric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Basler Electric Company - Highland: 3.0 TCR = 90% of Power transformers, electric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Basler Electric Company - Highland safety composite

Basler Electric Company - Highland scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.2

2016→2023

Basler Electric Company - Highland injury rate improved

Basler Electric Company - Highland's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335311 · Highland, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Control Transformer,…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Control Transformer, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Basler Electric Company - Highland in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Basler Electric Company - Highland averages 3.0 TCR (90% of the Power transformers, electric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Basler Electric Company - Highland TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Basler Electric Company - Highland falls in its industry

141 Power transformers, electric, establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Power transformers, electric, employers in Illinois.

Basler Electric Company - Highland (329 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Basler Electric Company - Highland
Basler Electric Company - Highland (329 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Basler Electric Company - Highland has more employees than the Power transformers, electric, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 2.3 1.9 7 0 0
2022 2.4 0.3 4 3 0
2021 2.3 0.0 7 0 0
2020 1.8 1.2 1 5 0
2019 3.5 1.4 9 3 0
2018 3.2 1.4 6 5 0
2017 4.9 1.7 10 7 0
2016 3.5 1.4 9 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335311 · IL · Highland

141 Power transformers, electric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Highland, 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 Control Transformer, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amphenol-IPC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ PSI 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAW Technical Field Services, Inc. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Custom-Pak Group A/Group B/PDC/Corp 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE JST Corporation 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peru - Main Store 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5403 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR HIGHLAND IL 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 435 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR 435 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Highland, IL 269 FTE
NAT-TCR New Perspective - COLUMBIA HEIGHTS OPS LLC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Aquaserv Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Anderson Systems Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lynmar Builders 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheridan Books, Inc. 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Area Storage and Transfer, Inc. 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stellar Industrial Solutions Inc. 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE New Bern Mill 329 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.