Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing · Indiana
Kendallville Plant 3
Kendallville, IN · ~70 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kendallville Plant 3 runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Kendallville Plant 3: 4.3 TCR = 79% of Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kendallville Plant 3 safety composite
Kendallville Plant 3 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
−0.7
2016→2023
Kendallville Plant 3 injury rate improved
Kendallville Plant 3's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.4 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.4 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336330 · Kendallville, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 4.3 · 79% of ind
- DART 1.2 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO ZF Marysville
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ZF Marysville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kendallville Plant 3 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Somic America
Somic America
4.4 TCR
- This site
Kendallville Plant 3
4.3 TCR
- ZF Marysville
ZF Marysville
4.3 TCR
- Automotive Ste
Automotive Steering Columns, LLC
4.2 TCR
- Tenneco
Tenneco
4.2 TCR
What this shows Kendallville Plant 3 averages 4.3 TCR (79% of the Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kendallville Plant 3 TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=4 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 5.4
Where Kendallville Plant 3 falls in its industry
134 Automotive, truck and bus susp establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Automotive, truck and bus susp employers in Indiana.
Kendallville Plant 3 has fewer employees than the Automotive, truck and bus suspension ass median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336330 · IN · Kendallville
134 Automotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts (except springs) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 37 employers in Kendallville, IN · 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 | ZF Marysville | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Automotive Steering Columns, LLC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tenneco | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Somic America | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | AS PMI Mishawaka Service Center | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Grimmer Construction, Inc. | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rieth-Riley - LaPorte | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MILFORD | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Creative Liquid Coatings, Inc. Kendallville | 711 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LSC Communications | 488 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1388 | 303 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kraft Heinz Company | 300 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Paskey Incorporated | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TraffTech, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Royal Pad Products | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CS Bolivar | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nitetrain Coach Company | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | H4div-Ph-H4 Division | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BellaTerraBloomingdale | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.