Annular ball bearings manufacturing · New Hampshire

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division

Laconia, NH · ~472 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Annular ball bearings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Annular ball bearings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division safety composite

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−1.6

2018→2024

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division injury rate improved

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.9 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.9 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332991 · Laconia, NH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P55
  • PHOTO NTN-Bower Corporation
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~472 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NTN-Bower Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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NHBB, Inc. Astro Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NHBB, Inc. Astro Division averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Annular ball bearings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where NHBB, Inc. Astro Division falls in its industry

125 Annular ball bearings manufact establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
NHBB, Inc. Astro Division (472 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NHBB, Inc. Astro Division
NHBB, Inc. Astro Division (472 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8

NHBB, Inc. Astro Division has more employees than the Annular ball bearings manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 2.4 0.0 8 3 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 1.3 10 3 0
2021 2.0 1.2 7 3 0
2020 2.6 0.6 14 0 0
2019 3.7 1.2 16 3 0
2018 3.9 1.8 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332991 · NH · Laconia

125 Annular ball bearings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,718 rated employers in New Hampshire with headcount on file · 43 employers in Laconia, NH · 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 NTN-Bower Corporation 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amsted Rail Company, Inc. 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Cheraw 2 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American NTN Bearing MFG Corporation 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 325522-NASHUA NH P&DC 473 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21 Great Hollow 470 FTE
STATE-SIZE CS Wholesale Grocers : Keene - Corporate Dr 470 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc 467 FTE
CITY-NEAR Concord Hospital Laconia 1,176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakes Region General Hospital 914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smiths Tubular Systems-Laconia, Inc. 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR LRCS Laconia 314 FTE
NAT-TCR Velocity Manufacturing Company, LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR UMMC West Bank Prof Bldg 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR EMS - Sanctuary Brooklyn Ctr 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR igus Bearings Inc 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flmgr - Miami Gardens 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSFP 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgestone Metalpha USA, Inc. 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indian Path Community Hospital 472 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. 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.