Basler Electric Company - Highland
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HIGHLAND, IL | Power transformers, electric, manufacturing
~329 avg employees | 8 years of OSHA data
Basler Electric Company - Highland has an average TCR of 3.0, which is 90% of the industry average (3.3) for Power transformers, electric, manufacturing. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Basler Electric Company - Highland
Basler Electric Company - Highland operates an establishment with approximately 329 full-time equivalent workers in HIGHLAND, IL, classified under the Power transformers, electric, manufacturing industry (NAICS 335311). Across 8 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 53 recordable injuries, 26 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Power transformers, electric, manufacturing, Basler Electric Company - Highland's workforce experiences 90% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 8 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Basler Electric Company - Highland as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Basler Electric Company - Highland'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 335311 — Power transformers, electric, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
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.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 613,975 hours worked = 1.95 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Basler Electric Company - Highland (this establishment) | 2.96 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Power transformers, electric, manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 335311 |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 10.69 | 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 Basler Electric Company - Highland 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.
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 6 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 12 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 11 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 5 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 17 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 7 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 12 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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