Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake components · Kentucky

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc

Name: Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Franklin, KY · ~38 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake components workplace, earning a grade A.

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc: 2.3 TCR = 43% of Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake components BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc safety composite

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc: 1.9 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2022

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.9 in 2018 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336340 · Franklin, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.3 · 43% of ind

DART 3.5 DART
RANK #10/19
PHOTO ITT Novi
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITT Novi (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nissin Brake G

2.4
Home Ave

2.4
This site

2.3
ITT Novi

2.3
Akebono Brake

2.3

What this shows Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc averages 2.3 TCR (43% of the Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake components BLS benchmark).

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc TCR series: 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 5.4

Where Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc falls in its industry

133 Manufacturer of heavy vehicles establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 19 Manufacturer of heavy vehicles employers in Kentucky.

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc (38 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (USA), Inc has fewer employees than the Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake com median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2022	3.5	3.5	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	3.9	1.9	2
2018	1.9	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336340 · KY · Franklin

133 Manufacturer of heavy vehicles brake components employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 62 employers in Franklin, KY · 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	ITT Novi	NOVI, MI	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nissin Brake Georgia	ROCK SPRING, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Home Ave	AKRON, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Akebono Brake - Glasgow Plant	GLASGOW, KY	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lexington Substation Dept. & Relay	LEXINGTON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Muldraugh Compressor Station	MULDRAUGH	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2057 Mercer Rd	LEXINGTON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Field Work	WINCHESTER	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tractor Supply Company Distribution Center 0499	Franklin	622 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Franklin Precision Industry, Inc.	Franklin	562 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global Franklin KY	Franklin	549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Berry Global Group	Franklin	504 FTE
NAT-TCR	Town Hall Employees	Woodbridge, CT	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	4238-3D8	San Bernadino, CA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	7019151 - United BHS Replacement	Houston, TX	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Newport/MKS Instruments Inc.	Franklin, MA	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sacramento West	West Sacramento, CA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LC Lower Farinon	Easton, PA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Towson Univ Susquehana	Towson, MD	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Virginia Mason Medical Ctr-POM	Seattle, WA	38 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.