Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Illinois

PMA Friction Products, Inc.

Batavia, IL · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PMA Friction Products, Inc. runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

PMA Friction Products, Inc.: 7.7 TCR = 142% of Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PMA Friction Products, Inc. safety composite

PMA Friction Products, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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

−11.4

2016→2024

PMA Friction Products, Inc. injury rate improved

PMA Friction Products, Inc.'s TCR fell 11.4 from 11.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2017=15.2 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336340 · Batavia, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Orscheln Products LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Orscheln Products LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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PMA Friction Products, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PMA Friction Products, Inc. averages 7.7 TCR (142% of the Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PMA Friction Products, Inc. TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2017=15.2 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.4

Where PMA Friction Products, Inc. falls in its industry

133 Brake and brake parts, automot establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Brake and brake parts, automot employers in Illinois.

PMA Friction Products, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate PMA Friction Products, Inc.
PMA Friction Products, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 150 employees and a TCR of 2.6

PMA Friction Products, Inc. has fewer employees than the Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 10.2 5.1 4 0 0
2022 7.8 2.6 3 0 0
2021 4.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 7.8 5.2 3 0 0
2019 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2018 9.6 0.0 4 1 0
2017 15.2 0.0 8 0 0
2016 11.4 0.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336340 · IL · Batavia

133 Brake and brake parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 119 employers in Batavia, IL · 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 Orscheln Products LLC 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR YSPS USA 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fritz Winter North America, LP 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main branch 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Integrity Management 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE NG Bloomington Reporting Center 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Downers Grove Sanitary District 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Window Works Addison 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 Bat1000 1,146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Batavia Ofc/Whse 780 FTE
CITY-NEAR MSI Express - Batavia 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR PPI Batavia PKG 500 FTE
NAT-TCR Upland Hills Health - Nursing & Rehab Center 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Windows and Doors 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR American Design & Build, LTD. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ShopRite of Clinton 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Manager's Office 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Rite Store 210 Henrietta 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Factory 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rightmyer Machine Rentals, Inc. 40 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.