OSHA Rate

Since the beginning of SIA, safety has always been a top priority. In 1999, SIA’s OSHA Incident Rate was 11.7. That was about half of the auto industry average of 22.7. Since then, SIA’s incident rate has declined to 3.5 in 2007, and as low as 2.8 in 2006. That’s almost three times better than the most recent reported auto industry average of 10.2 in 2006. Since 2002, SIA has had the lowest OSHA Incident Rate of all the automakers in the United States.

Indiana’s overall OSHA Incident Rate was 5.4 in 2006, well above the national average of 4.4. Manufacturers in Indiana had a combined incident rate of 7.3 in 2006, a 12% decrease from 8.3 in 2005. Even with the 12% decrease, Indiana manufacturers had an incident rate that was over two times higher than SIA.