Motors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing · Kentucky

Hitachi Astemo

Harrodsburg, KY · ~997 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hitachi Astemo runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hitachi Astemo: 0.5 TCR = 9% of Motors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hitachi Astemo safety composite

Hitachi Astemo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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

−0.7

2021→2024

Hitachi Astemo injury rate improved

Hitachi Astemo's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.8 in 2021 to 0.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336320 · Harrodsburg, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO WELDON PUMP LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~997 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WELDON PUMP LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hitachi Astemo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hitachi Astemo averages 0.5 TCR (9% of the Motors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hitachi Astemo TCR series: 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 5.4

Where Hitachi Astemo falls in its industry

216 Motors, starter, for internal establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Motors, starter, for internal employers in Kentucky.

Hitachi Astemo (997 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 Hitachi Astemo
Hitachi Astemo (997 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Hitachi Astemo has more employees than the Motors, starter, for internal combustion median and a lower 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
2024 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2023 0.3 0.3 3 1 0
2022 0.8 0.7 8 0 0
2021 0.8 0.4 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336320 · KY · Harrodsburg

216 Motors, starter, for internal combustion engines, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 19 employers in Harrodsburg, KY · 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 WELDON PUMP LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGK SPARK PLUGS (U.S.A.), Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kempower Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stoneridge, Inc 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gibbs Die Casting 995 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CVG3 993 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc 1,003 FTE
STATE-SIZE KYARP - AIR GROUP BUILDING 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. 1,383 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corning 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Essity Operations Wausau LLC 368 FTE
CITY-NEAR 519 216 FTE
NAT-TCR Envirocon - Midnite Mine 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoodoo Moab 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR North Andover, MA 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NRG Indian River Power, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE MSA Safety Pittsburgh Manufacturing, LLC - Cranberry Twp 997 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Dorado County Office of Education 997 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yakima County 997 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asheville Nc 997 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, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.