Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Nebraska

Tenneco - Seward

Name: Tenneco - Seward Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Seward, NE · ~619 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tenneco - Seward runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Tenneco - Seward: 2.4 TCR = 45% of Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tenneco - Seward safety composite

Tenneco - Seward scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.2

2019→2022

Tenneco - Seward injury rate improved

Tenneco - Seward's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.0 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.0 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Seward, NE AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.4 · 45% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #6/11
PHOTO HI-LEX AMERICA, INC.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 59 inj
SIZE ~619 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HI-LEX AMERICA, INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
HI-LEX AMERICA

2.4
Mineabea Acces

2.4
Arconic B and

2.4
Nelson Global

2.4

What this shows Tenneco - Seward averages 2.4 TCR (45% of the Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Tenneco - Seward TCR series: 2019=3 · 2020=2.3 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=1.8 · BLS 5.4

Where Tenneco - Seward falls in its industry

772 Exhaust and tail pipes, automo establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Exhaust and tail pipes, automo employers in Nebraska.

Tenneco - Seward (619 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Tenneco - Seward has more employees than the Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022	1.8	1.2	14	0
2021	2.5	1.4	15	0
2020	2.3	1.3	11	0
2019	3.0	1.6	19	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · NE · Seward

772 Exhaust and tail pipes, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 22 employers in Seward, NE · 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	HI-LEX AMERICA, INC.	BATTLE CREEK, MI	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mineabea AccessSolutions USA, Inc	BREMEN, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arconic B and C Research (06301)	BARBERTON, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nelson Global	ARCADIA, WI	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Blair, DC	BLAIR	620 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lincoln Terminal-NON DOT	LINCOLN	623 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valley NE - Main Campus - Irrigation	VALLEY	614 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A., Rail Car	LINCOLN	614 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tenneco-Seward	Seward	726 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tenneco Inc	Seward	546 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hughes Brothers, Inc.	Seward	282 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Memorial Health Care Systems	Seward	268 FTE
NAT-TCR	West Fraser Augusta Lumber Mill	Augusta, GA	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tishomingo Manor	Iuka, MS	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	MAGS	Cabot, AR	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Proven Partners Manufacturing	Elgin, IL	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	TreeHouse Foods Princeton, KY	Princeton, KY	619 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SCMC	Smyrna, TN	619 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GC4 Memorial Park, Gold Creek Processing, LLC.	Gainesville, GA	619 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tiffany & Co. - FHF Site	Cumberland, RI	619 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.