Needle roller bearings manufacturing · South Carolina

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1

Name: Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cheraw, SC · ~949 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Needle roller bearings manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1: 2.8 TCR = 83% of Needle roller bearings manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 safety composite

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 held a steady TCR band

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1's TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332991 · Cheraw, SC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 83% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #11/17
PHOTO Regal Rexnord Filament
BOOK 5y book
INJ 130 inj
SIZE ~949 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Regal Rexnord Filament (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Regal Rexnord

2.8
Cheraw II

2.8
SKF USA Inc. -

2.8
Schaeffler Gro

2.7

What this shows Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 averages 2.8 TCR (83% of the Needle roller bearings manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 TCR series: 2017=3 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 falls in its industry

125 Needle roller bearings manufac establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 17 Needle roller bearings manufac employers in South Carolina.

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 (949 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Plant 1 has more employees than the Needle roller bearings manufacturing median and a higher 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
2023	2.7	1.4	25	1
2022	2.4	1.6	22	1
2021	3.0	2.1	24	4
2020	2.7	2.6	23	1
2017	3.0	1.9	36	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332991 · SC · Cheraw

125 Needle roller bearings manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 22 employers in Cheraw, SC · 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	Regal Rexnord Filament	DOWNERS GROVE, IL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cheraw II	CHERAW, SC	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SKF USA Inc. - Flowery Branch	FLOWERY BRANCH, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Schaeffler Group	VALLEY CITY, OH	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Palmetto Health Corporate - Richland	COLUMBIA	947 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BorgWarner, Seneca	SENECA	946 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US1	GREENVILLE	955 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bosch Rexroth FniP	FOUNTAIN INN	957 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Cheraw 2	Cheraw	564 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Highland Industries	Cheraw	358 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McLeod Health-Cheraw MH110	Cheraw	353 FTE
CITY-NEAR	McLeod Health Cheraw	Cheraw	335 FTE
NAT-TCR	4037 University of Detroit Mercy Student Center	Detroit, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Smith's Station	Smith'S Station, AL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cascade Designs	Reno, NV	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	DSC Poplarville	Poplarville, MS	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	Torrington, CT	949 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lakeview Hospital	Stillwater, MN	949 FTE
NAT-SIZE	California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-DAV)	San Francisco, CA	949 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TJX Companies Memphis Fulfillment Center	Memphis, TN	949 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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