Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Michigan

Hi-Lex America, Inc.

Battle Creek, MI · ~268 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hi-Lex America, Inc. runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hi-Lex America, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 45% of Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Lex America, Inc. safety composite

Hi-Lex America, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Hi-Lex America, Inc. injury rate improved

Hi-Lex America, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.6 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2020=4.8 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.4 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #61/146
  • PHOTO Tenneco - Seward
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~268 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco - Seward (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hi-Lex America, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hi-Lex America, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (45% of the Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hi-Lex America, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2020=4.8 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 5.4

Where Hi-Lex America, Inc. falls in its industry

772 Sunroofs and parts, automotive establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 146 Sunroofs and parts, automotive employers in Michigan.

Hi-Lex America, Inc. (268 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hi-Lex America, Inc.
Hi-Lex America, Inc. (268 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Hi-Lex America, Inc. has more employees than the Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, a median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.9 0.5 2 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 5 7 0
2016 1.5 0.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MI · Battle Creek

772 Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, MI · 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 Tenneco - Seward 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mineabea AccessSolutions USA, Inc 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arconic B and C Research (06301) 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nelson Global 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dee Cramer 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uckele Health & Nutrition 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hudsonville Ice Cream 268 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henrob US 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Hastings College 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 334 W Lokey Murfreesboro Tn 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nissan Parts Redistribution Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brinkman Construction 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Human Services 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foulkeways at Gwynedd 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casai - the Ups Store Inc 268 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Of Ventura - General Services Agency 268 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, 2020, 2016. 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.