Fractional horsepower electric motors manufacturing · Indiana

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC

Bluffton, IN · ~358 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC runs at 221% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fractional horsepower electric motors manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC: 7.3 TCR = 221% of Fractional horsepower electric motors manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC safety composite

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.8

2018→2021

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC injury rate improved

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC's TCR fell 6.8 from 9.5 in 2018 to 2.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.5 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 335312 · Bluffton, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 221% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Nidec Motor Corpoati…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 97 inj
  • SIZE ~358 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nidec Motor Corpoation - Princeton, IN (0.1 TCR gap)

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Bluffton Motor Works, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluffton Motor Works, LLC averages 7.3 TCR (221% of the Fractional horsepower electric motors manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC TCR series: 2018=9.5 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=9.6 · 2021=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluffton Motor Works, LLC falls in its industry

222 Fractional horsepower electric establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Fractional horsepower electric employers in Indiana.

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC (358 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Bluffton Motor Works, LLC
Bluffton Motor Works, LLC (358 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Bluffton Motor Works, LLC has more employees than the Fractional horsepower electric motors ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 2.7 1.5 9 0 0
2020 9.6 7.5 26 1 0
2019 7.4 4.7 28 0 0
2018 9.5 2.5 34 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

335312 · IN · Bluffton

222 Fractional horsepower electric motors manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 38 employers in Bluffton, IN · 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 Nidec Motor Corpoation - Princeton, IN 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regal 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Composite Modules Inc 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun-Star Electric, Inc. 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Primex Plastics Corporation 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC13 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3851 358 FTE
STATE-SIZE 922 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR K181-D181 1,022 FTE
CITY-NEAR 181-DC181 964 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hersheys Salty Snacks 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEG Electric Corp 356 FTE
NAT-TCR 01-08-02 West Div - Lakeside (Midway) Region 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 566055-Mil-North Shore Br 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ground Effects Louisville 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR West Michigan Horticultural Society 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Clubs of Kingwood 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE thyssenkrupp Presta Danville, LLC 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Highlands at Wyomissing 358 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pleasanton Yard 358 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: 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.