Employer · Illinois

North American Lighting - Salem

Name: North American Lighting - Salem Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salem, IL · ~1,039 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

North American Lighting - Salem runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

North American Lighting - Salem: 4.5 TCR = 84% of industry BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North American Lighting - Salem safety composite

North American Lighting - Salem scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.5

2016→2020

North American Lighting - Salem injury rate improved

North American Lighting - Salem's TCR fell 3.5 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336320 · Salem, IL AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 84% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #17/19
PHOTO Motor Components, LLC
BOOK 5y book
INJ 126 inj
SIZE ~1,039 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Motor Components, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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This site

4.5
Motor Componen

4.5
NAL SALEM PLAN

4.5

What this shows North American Lighting - Salem averages 4.5 TCR (84% of the industry BLS benchmark).

North American Lighting - Salem TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=3.7 · BLS 5.4

Where North American Lighting - Salem falls in its industry

216 industry establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 19 industry employers in Illinois.

North American Lighting - Salem (1,039 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 162 employees and a TCR of 1.9

North American Lighting - Salem has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2020	3.7	2.4	13	18
2019	2.7	1.7	15	13
2018	3.7	2.8	22	18
2017	5.2	4.0	31	17
2016	7.2	4.7	45	26

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336320 · IL · Salem

216 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Salem, IL · 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	Motor Components, LLC	ELMIRA HEIGHTS, NY	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arens Controls	ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NAL SALEM PLANT	SALEM, IL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monona	MONONA, IA	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lincolnshire	LINCOLNSHIRE	1,039 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ILBED - BEDFORD PARK	BEDFORD PARK	1,041 FTE
STATE-SIZE	John Deere Parts Distribution Center - Milan	MILAN	1,043 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0G11 - CORP LAKE FOREST, IL	LAKE FOREST	1,044 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 198	Salem	280 FTE
CITY-NEAR	198	Salem	273 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Radiac Abrasives Inc.	Salem	267 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Radiac Abrasives - Salem	Salem	260 FTE
NAT-TCR	0016-Behavioral Health Davidson	Davidson, NC	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2470 - San Antonio Com`L	San Antonio, TX	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tmx2222 - Memphis	Memphis, TN	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fulton Precision Industries Incorporated	Mcconnellsburg, PA	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Praxair Technology Center	Tonawanda, NY	1,039 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cleveland Integrity Services, LLC	Cleveland, OK	1,039 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Location 19038	Maitland, FL	1,039 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Belmark Wisconsin	De Pere, WI	1,039 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.