Rack and pinion steering assemblies manufacturing · Tennessee

JTEKT Automotive North America

Vonore, TN · ~1,103 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JTEKT Automotive North America runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Rack and pinion steering assemblies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

JTEKT Automotive North America: 0.6 TCR = 11% of Rack and pinion steering assemblies manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JTEKT Automotive North America safety composite

JTEKT Automotive North America scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

JTEKT Automotive North America held a steady TCR band

JTEKT Automotive North America's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.5 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.5 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336330 · Vonore, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO DRiV Automotive
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~1,103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DRiV Automotive (0.0 TCR gap)

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JTEKT Automotive North America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JTEKT Automotive North America averages 0.6 TCR (11% of the Rack and pinion steering assemblies manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

JTEKT Automotive North America TCR series: 2016=0.5 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 5.4

Where JTEKT Automotive North America falls in its industry

134 Rack and pinion steering assem establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Rack and pinion steering assem employers in Tennessee.

JTEKT Automotive North America (1,103 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 JTEKT Automotive North America
JTEKT Automotive North America (1,103 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 2.7

JTEKT Automotive North America has more employees than the Rack and pinion steering assemblies manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 0.5 0.3 6 0 0
2023 0.7 0.4 9 0 0
2022 1.2 0.6 15 0 0
2021 0.8 0.8 9 0 0
2020 0.6 0.4 5 0 0
2019 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
2018 0.5 0.5 6 0 0
2017 0.2 0.1 3 0 0
2016 0.5 0.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336330 · TN · Vonore

134 Rack and pinion steering assemblies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 25 employers in Vonore, TN · 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 DRiV Automotive 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monroe Location - DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Specialty Products Company - Specialty Place location 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE ALL 1,103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tristar Summit Medical Center 1,101 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4701-564 1,107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dickson County Board of Education 1,095 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sea Ray Boats - Tellico 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Master Craft Boats 601 FTE
CITY-NEAR CVG Vonore 525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Commercial Vehicle Group 505 FTE
NAT-TCR 98 - Multi-Family 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Comfort Systems USA Mid Atlantic 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Holder Construction Group, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Chemours Company FC, LLC - Louisville 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ensign United States Drilling (S.W.) Inc. 1,103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cthar - Hartford 1,103 FTE
NAT-SIZE DB Schenker--Carlisle 1,103 FTE
NAT-SIZE 123569-North Metro Ga P&Dc 1,103 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.