Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing · Illinois

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL

Elgin, IL · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL safety composite

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL: 0.8 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.8 in 2023 to 3.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333996 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Finish Thompsom Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Finish Thompsom Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL falls in its industry

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, employers in Illinois.

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL (121 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL
Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL (121 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Elgin, IL has fewer employees than the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufactur median and a lower 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
2024 3.7 1.8 4 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333996 · IL · Elgin

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, 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 Finish Thompsom Inc 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eaton Hydraulics 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydro-Gear, Huntingdon 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goulds Pumps (IPG) LLC 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Waterman, IL 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1 Lincoln Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE MS - East Peoria, IL - 1EPIL 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR ASC - Atlanta 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mebane, NC - MK Plant 19 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CORINTH 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelby Transportation - 3744 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trinity Living Center 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lawton Welding Co, Inc. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1729 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Acworth GA Truss 121 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, 2023. 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.