Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing · Illinois

Belden Universal

Hillside, IL · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Belden Universal runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Belden Universal: 9.3 TCR = 280% of Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Belden Universal safety composite

Belden Universal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

Belden Universal: 4.2 → 12.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 15.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2024

Belden Universal's TCR rose 8.0 from 4.2 in 2018 to 12.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 15.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333613 · Hillside, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 280% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO Powertrain Rockford
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Powertrain Rockford (0.4 TCR gap)

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Belden Universal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Belden Universal averages 9.3 TCR (280% of the Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Belden Universal TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=15.1 · 2024=12.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Belden Universal falls in its industry

111 Ball joints (except aircraft, establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Ball joints (except aircraft, employers in Illinois.

Belden Universal (46 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Belden Universal
Belden Universal (46 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Belden Universal 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
2024 12.2 4.9 5 0 0
2021 15.1 2.1 7 0 0
2020 8.6 2.2 4 0 0
2019 6.2 2.0 3 0 0
2018 4.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333613 · IL · Hillside

111 Ball joints (except aircraft, motor vehicle) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 43 employers in Hillside, 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 Powertrain Rockford 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Tsubaki 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van Zeeland Manufacturing, Inc. 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Art Acquisition LLC 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carlyle KFC (MPF1) 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2502-Ashton, IL 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE MID AMERICA ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Department 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillside 1 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5132-SEG1-5132 335 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 300 CRAIG PLACE 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hillside 2 289 FTE
NAT-TCR TXH044 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR GAA017 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR COG002 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Aiken County Sheriff's Office 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Irving Polishing & Mfg. Co. Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kuiken Brothers Company- Fair Lawn 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mmi Bl 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Augusta Pines 46 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.