Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing · Michigan

Hilite International Orion

Name: Hilite International Orion Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Orion, MI · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hilite International Orion runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Hilite International Orion: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hilite International Orion safety composite

Hilite International Orion scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Hilite International Orion held a steady TCR band

Hilite International Orion's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.2 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332912 · Orion, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #14/28
PHOTO Hays Fluid Controls
BOOK 4y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hays Fluid Controls (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Hays Fluid Con

2.4
Victor- Branch

2.4
SSP Fittings C

2.4
Norgren

2.4

What this shows Hilite International Orion averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hilite International Orion TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Hilite International Orion falls in its industry

182 Control valves, fluid power, m establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 28 Control valves, fluid power, m employers in Michigan.

Hilite International Orion (35 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.1

Hilite International Orion has fewer employees than the Control valves, fluid power, manufacturi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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
2021	3.5	3.5	1
2019	2.8	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	3.2	3.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332912 · MI · Orion

182 Control valves, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in Orion, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hays Fluid Controls	DALLAS, NC	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Victor- Branch 14 &15	VICTOR, NY	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SSP Fittings Corp.	TWINSBURG, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Norgren	LITTLETON, CO	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples	GREENVILLE	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harbor Farmz, North LLC	KALAMAZOO	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Willow Point Dairy	GRAND RAPIDS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB	DEARBORN	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Powers Distributing	Orion	245 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Royal Roofing Company, Inc	Orion	184 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Creative Techniques, Inc.	Orion	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	018-00649	Orion	118 FTE
NAT-TCR	On Site Repair Services, Inc	Lasalle, IL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Peoria S & S Pioneer	Peoria, IL	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CN - Flourtown	Erdenheim, PA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Orillia	Renton, WA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Oro Grande	Oro Grande, NM	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Howard Disposal and Recycling	Canon City, CO	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US ND Williston 2203 2nd Ave	Williston, ND	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KK Way	Wausau, WI	35 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.