Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood

Bellwood, IL · ~457 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood: 1.6 TCR = 29% of Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood safety composite

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−0.6

2016→2018

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood injury rate improved

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Bellwood, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #11/35
  • PHOTO Auto Transm New Prod…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~457 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Auto Transm New Product Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood averages 1.6 TCR (29% of the Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.3 · BLS 5.4

Where BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood falls in its industry

320 Transmissions and parts, autom establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

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 35 Transmissions and parts, autom employers in Illinois.

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood (457 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood
BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood (457 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood has more employees than the Transmissions and parts, automotive, tru median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2018 1.3 0.7 8 0 0
2017 1.5 1.2 9 0 0
2016 1.9 1.6 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · IL · Bellwood

320 Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Bellwood, 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 Auto Transm New Product Center 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Honda Transmission Mfg. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZF-Flowery Branch 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Humboldt Facility 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Chicago 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1998 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-ZMCK 457 FTE
STATE-SIZE Assemblers at McCook 457 FTE
CITY-NEAR BorgWarner Transmission Systems LLC 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABW-BELLWOOD 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ferrara Candy Company - Bellwood, IL. 463 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCS Equipment Supply, Inc. DBA Surebuilt 386 FTE
NAT-TCR Legends - Scranton Railriders 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR K4 - Oxford Valley 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mount Pleasant (Mimtp) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Louisville Technolgy and Logistic Center (Kylol) 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cleveland E68 Main Building (Ohcle) 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ncdot It 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brm Whq 457 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gateway Healthcare, Inc. 457 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: 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.