BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood
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BELLWOOD, IL | Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
~457 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood has an average TCR of 1.6, which is 29% of the industry average (5.4) for Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing. This is significantly better than average.
Safety Insights for BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood
BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood operates an establishment with approximately 457 full-time equivalent workers in BELLWOOD, IL, classified under the Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing industry (NAICS 336350). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 28 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the A letter grade (Excellent Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 5.4 for Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing, BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood's workforce experiences 29% 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 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood 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 BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood'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 336350 — Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2018)
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.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,227,085 hours worked = 0.65 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood (this establishment) | 1.59 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Transmissions and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing industry avg | 5.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 336350 |
| 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 BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Bellwood 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.
- 2018: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 12 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
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