Solar cells manufacturing · Alabama

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory

Name: LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Huntsville, AL · ~233 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Solar cells manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory: 6.3 TCR = 192% of Solar cells manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory safety composite

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−9.1

2019→2020

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory injury rate improved

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory's TCR fell 9.1 from 10.9 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.9 · 2020=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334413 · Huntsville, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 192% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK P3
PHOTO II-VI AMD - Easton
BOOK 2y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~233 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: II-VI AMD - Easton (0.2 TCR gap)

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RTP

7.2
Berryville

7.2
II-VI AMD - Ea

6.6
This site

6.3
Jewell Instrum

6

What this shows LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory averages 6.3 TCR (192% of the Solar cells manufacturing BLS benchmark).

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory TCR series: 2019=10.9 · 2020=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory falls in its industry

437 Solar cells manufacturing establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory (233 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 216 employees and a TCR of 0.9

LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - US Solar Huntsville Factory has more employees than the Solar cells manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2020	1.8	0.9	3	1	0
2019	10.9	7.1	17	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334413 · AL · Huntsville

437 Solar cells manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 454 employers in Huntsville, AL · 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	II-VI AMD - Easton	EASTON, PA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jewell Instruments	MANCHESTER, NH	6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RTP	RTP, NC	7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Berryville	BERRYVILLE, AR	7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Indorama Ventures Sustainable Solutions LLC	ATHENS	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nucor Tubular Products South	BIRMINGHAM	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forte Power Systems	HEFLIN	233 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Alabama Specialty Products, Inc.	MUNFORD	233 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AL004	Huntsville	2,929 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dynetics A Leidos Company	Huntsville	2,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Leidos - Dynetics	Huntsville	2,051 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Toyota Motor Mfg of Alabama	Huntsville	1,874 FTE
NAT-TCR	Schayes, Inc dba New York Sash	Whitesboro, NY	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	11 Ceres	Ceres, CA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bi-State Construction Co., Inc., Easton, PA	Easton, PA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hanover	Mechanicsville, VA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plant 2	China Grove, TX	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Core-Mark Arizona Distribution Center	Tolleson, AZ	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SIGCO, Westbrook (Spiller)	Westbrook, ME	233 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1600 Motor Pkwy	Hauppauge, NY	233 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: 2020, 2019. 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.