Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Ohio

GKN Bowling Green

Bowling Green, OH · ~193 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GKN Bowling Green runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

GKN Bowling Green: 3.1 TCR = 58% of Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GKN Bowling Green safety composite

GKN Bowling Green scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2018→2020

GKN Bowling Green injury rate improved

GKN Bowling Green's TCR fell 2.3 from 3.8 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.8 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Bowling Green, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #19/28
  • PHOTO Alabama Cullman Yuta…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~193 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alabama Cullman Yutaka Technologies (0.0 TCR gap)

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GKN Bowling Green in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GKN Bowling Green averages 3.1 TCR (58% of the Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

GKN Bowling Green TCR series: 2018=3.8 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 5.4

Where GKN Bowling Green falls in its industry

320 Differential and rear axle ass establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 28 Differential and rear axle ass employers in Ohio.

GKN Bowling Green (193 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GKN Bowling Green
GKN Bowling Green (193 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

GKN Bowling Green has fewer employees than the Differential and rear axle assemblies, a median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2020 1.5 0.8 2 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 8 0 0
2018 3.8 3.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · OH · Bowling Green

320 Differential and rear axle assemblies, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 98 employers in Bowling Green, OH · 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 Alabama Cullman Yutaka Technologies 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZF Chassis Systems-Duncan 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flint - KUKA Assembly and Test Corp. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Magna Powertrain 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adena Corporation 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Simon Roofing and Sheet Metal -- Corporate 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Storopack, Inc.- Cincinnati Distribution Center 193 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kaiser Aluminum 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vehtek Systems Inc 856 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wood County Hospital 760 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1913 371 FTE
CITY-NEAR TH Plastics - Bowling Green 333 FTE
NAT-TCR American State Equipment Co. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Speedy Concrete Cutting Orlando 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PRI Group 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CNY Veterinary Medical Services 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Knife River Corporation - ND 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Specialty Fulfillment : BFI7 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Jo Frontier Casino 193 FTE
NAT-SIZE CSP Corporate Headquarters 193 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.