Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing · Michigan

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin

Name: Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Elgin, MI · ~105 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin: 0.9 TCR = 26% of Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin safety composite

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin held a steady TCR band

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.0 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 1.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.0 · 2021=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332912 · Elgin, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 26% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/28
PHOTO Fluid System Compone…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fluid System Components Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.8
Anchor Couplin

0.8

What this shows Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin averages 0.9 TCR (26% of the Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin TCR series: 2020=1 · 2021=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin falls in its industry

182 Control valves, fluid power, m establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Control valves, fluid power, m employers in Michigan.

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin (105 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Bucher Hydraulics - Elgin has more employees than the Control valves, fluid power, manufacturi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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	0.8	0.0	1	0	0
2020	1.0	1.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332912 · MI · Elgin

182 Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Fluid System Components Inc	DE PERE, WI	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	IRVINE AERO CA	IRVINE, CA	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gates Corporation - Greenville	GREENVILLE, SC	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anchor Coupling Menominee	MENOMINEE, MI	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Xtreme Powerline Construction Inc (Michigan)	PORT HURON	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Anlaan Corporation	GRAND HAVEN	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Master Craft Carpet Service	PLYMOUTH	105 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hausbeck Pickle Company	SAGINAW	105 FTE
NAT-TCR	Woodruff	Toledo, OH	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Apollonia Management Group PLLC	Dallas, TX	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	RGX Rim Repair	Charlotte, NC	0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Columbia	Colimbia, MO	0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	815 Machine Shop	St. Johnsbury, VT	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southbury	Southbury, CT	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SageNet - Marietta	Marietta, GA	105 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southern Gardens Citrus Processing	Clewiston, FL	105 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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