Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.)

Name: Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mishawaka, IN · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 5.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.): 5.3 TCR = 241% of Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) safety composite

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.): 0.0 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.)'s TCR rose 10.6 from 0.0 in 2023 to 10.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Mishawaka, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 241% of ind

DART 10.6 DART
RANK #24/33
PHOTO 3064 Keystone Automo…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3064 Keystone Automotive Atlanta (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.3

What this shows Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) averages 5.3 TCR (241% of the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) falls in its industry

950 Motor vehicle parts and access establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 33 Motor vehicle parts and access employers in Indiana.

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) (19 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Dexter Axle Co (HiSpec Wheel & Tire, Inc.) has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	10.6	10.6	2	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · IN · Mishawaka

950 Motor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 185 employers in Mishawaka, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	3064 Keystone Automotive Atlanta	ATLANTA, GA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GA	MIDWAY, GA	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rotterdam	ROTTERDAM, NY	5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EAST PENN PHOENIX WAREHOUSE	PHOENIX, AZ	5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	AMVC Round Barn	ROCHESTER	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vectren Corporation - Turbine Maintenance	EVANSVILLE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - All LP Storage	MULTIPLE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CenterPoint Energy - Greenfield	GREENFIELD	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka	Mishawaka	1,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AM General, LLC	Mishawaka	459 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LCI - 039	Mishawaka	392 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2678	Mishawaka	381 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nimsgern Steel Corp.	Minocqua, WI	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	AGP Aberdeen Soy	Aberdeen, SD	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Comefri USA Inc.	Hopkinsville, KY	5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Calumet	Calumet, MI	5.3 TCR

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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.