Power window and door lock systems, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Michigan

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH)

Hudson, MI · ~432 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Power window and door lock systems, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH): 3.3 TCR = 61% of Power window and door lock systems, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) safety composite

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) held a steady TCR band

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH)'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.9 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336320 · Hudson, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 61% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #27/36
  • PHOTO North American Light…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~432 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: North American Lighting - Muscle Shoals (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) averages 3.3 TCR (61% of the Power window and door lock systems, 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 Controls (HCIH) TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=3.9 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 5.4

Where Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) falls in its industry

216 Power window and door lock sys establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 36 Power window and door lock sys employers in Michigan.

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) (432 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH)
Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) (432 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) has more employees than the Power window and door lock systems, auto median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2021 3.1 1.3 15 2 0
2020 3.8 2.2 10 9 0
2019 2.8 2.6 13 1 0
2018 3.9 2.2 24 2 0
2016 2.9 1.9 14 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336320 · MI · Hudson

216 Power window and door lock systems, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 7 employers in Hudson, 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 North American Lighting - Muscle Shoals 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Hampshire Division of Whelen Engineering Co Inc, 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NIDEC Elesys Americas Corp. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valeo North America Inc - Thermal Front End Module - Canton 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hydaker-Wheatlake - Michigan Statewide 432 FTE
STATE-SIZE McLaren Health Care 432 FTE
STATE-SIZE Billerud 433 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8462_19261 431 FTE
CITY-NEAR HI-LEX Hudson (HCIH) 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rima Manufacturing Company 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kecy Metal Technologies 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hudson Dairy, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-TCR 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo San Antonio 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Decostar 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Battery SOlutions LLC- Mesa, AZ 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative, Inc. 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trimble Inc. Corporate HQ 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE SiteWise Corporation 432 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Moline 432 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.