Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Alabama

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC

Tuscaloosa, AL · ~275 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC: 2.4 TCR = 45% of Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC safety composite

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC held a steady TCR band

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.5 in 2023 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.5 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Tuscaloosa, AL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.4 · 45% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Hillside 1
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hillside 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC averages 2.4 TCR (45% of the Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC TCR series: 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 5.4

Where ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC falls in its industry

320 Axle bearings, automotive, tru establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Axle bearings, automotive, tru employers in Alabama.

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC (275 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC
ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC (275 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

ZF Chassis Systems Tuscaloosa LLC has more employees than the Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 Fatalities
2024 2.3 2.3 6 0 0
2023 2.5 1.9 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · AL · Tuscaloosa

320 Axle bearings, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, AL · 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 Hillside 1 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SLIDELL FACILITY 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Machine Service, Inc - Green Bay 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farrar Corporation 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BHM 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twitchell Technical Products 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRU 947 Riverbirch 275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolverine Industries 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phifer Kauloosa 1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility 1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR McAbee Construction Inc 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscaloosa Processing 526 FTE
NAT-TCR Greenwood Sc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 334 W Lokey Murfreesboro Tn 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Berrien Metal Products Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hastings College 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hydro Delhi 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toddville 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Libertas Copper LLC dba Hussey Copper 275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spectrum Lighting, Inc. 275 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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