Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing · Indiana

Freudenberg-NOK

Shelbyville, IN · ~130 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freudenberg-NOK runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Freudenberg-NOK: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freudenberg-NOK safety composite

Freudenberg-NOK scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.6

2021→2023

Freudenberg-NOK injury rate improved

Freudenberg-NOK's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.2 in 2021 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.2 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339991 · Shelbyville, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #10/15
  • PHOTO Seal & Design Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Seal & Design Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Freudenberg-NOK in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Freudenberg-NOK averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Freudenberg-NOK TCR series: 2021=5.2 · 2022=7.3 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Freudenberg-NOK falls in its industry

218 Gasket, packing, and sealing d establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 15 Gasket, packing, and sealing d employers in Indiana.

Freudenberg-NOK (130 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Freudenberg-NOK
Freudenberg-NOK (130 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Freudenberg-NOK has more employees than the Gasket, packing, and sealing devices man median and a higher 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
2023 1.6 1.6 2 0 0
2022 7.3 5.7 9 0 0
2021 5.2 2.9 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339991 · IN · Shelbyville

218 Gasket, packing, and sealing devices manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in Shelbyville, IN · 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 Seal & Design Inc 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SKF Sealing Solutions - Seneca 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR JBC Technologies Fitchburg 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kaco USA, LLC 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Calumet Civil Contractors, Inc 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1030 S.Kitley AVE 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill's Pet Nutrition Indiana Inc. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dynamic Packaging Solutions, Inc. 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana Grand 1,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE INDIANAPOLIS 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ryobi Die Casting (USA) INC 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penske : 5076-00 Kroger-DCM/Shelbyville, IN 581 FTE
NAT-TCR Roofing Constructors, Inc. dba Western Roofing Service 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR City Electric Supply (PC5040) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Beachcomber 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR McKinnon and Harris INC 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Michigan Avenue Courthouse 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eac 6270 Northeast Paving Company 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Gardens @ Orangeville 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meeting House Hill School 130 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.