Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1
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CHERAW, SC | Needle roller bearings manufacturing
~949 avg employees | 5 years of OSHA data
Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 has an average TCR of 2.8, which is 83% of the industry average (3.3) for Needle roller bearings manufacturing. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1
Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 operates an establishment with approximately 949 full-time equivalent workers in CHERAW, SC, classified under the Needle roller bearings manufacturing industry (NAICS 332991). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 130 recordable injuries, 9 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.8 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Needle roller bearings manufacturing, Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1's workforce experiences 83% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332991 — Needle roller bearings manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2023)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
14 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 1,931,471 hours worked = 1.45 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 (this establishment) | 2.75 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Ball bearings manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 332991 |
| South Carolina state avg (all industries) | 12.93 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 26 reportable incidents · 25 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 23 reportable incidents · 22 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 28 reportable incidents · 24 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 24 reportable incidents · 23 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 38 reportable incidents · 36 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
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