Discount Department Stores · Michigan
0901 - Kalamazoo West
Kalamazoo, MI · ~159 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
0901 - Kalamazoo West runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.
0901 - Kalamazoo West: 5.2 TCR = 153% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
0901 - Kalamazoo West safety composite
0901 - Kalamazoo West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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%).
TCR Δ
−2.5
2019→2024
0901 - Kalamazoo West injury rate improved
0901 - Kalamazoo West's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=2.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=17.9 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 153% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #58/103
- PHOTO WM 2126
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~159 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: WM 2126 (0.0 TCR gap)
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0901 - Kalamazoo West in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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0901 - Kalamazoo West
5.2 TCR
- WM 2126
WM 2126
5.2 TCR
- 0532 - Papilli
0532 - Papillion
5.2 TCR
- 2234 - Rowlett
2234 - Rowlett
5.2 TCR
- 0176 - Bitters
0176 - Bitters
5.2 TCR
What this shows 0901 - Kalamazoo West averages 5.2 TCR (153% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
0901 - Kalamazoo West TCR series: 2019=2.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=17.9 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4
Where 0901 - Kalamazoo West falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 103 Discount Department Stores employers in Michigan.
0901 - Kalamazoo West has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · MI · Kalamazoo
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 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 | WM 2126 | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0532 - Papillion | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 2234 - Rowlett | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0176 - Bitters | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sherriff-Goslin Company | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evergreen Packaging - Olmsted Falls | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EES Coke Battery, LLC | 159 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brembo Homer Foundry | 159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Brown Carbonic | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mayo Clinic Mankato | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PSI Waste Equipment Services Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stucki Roller Bearing-Elizabethtown | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 0958 - Bowling Green | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0820 - Northtown | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1178 - Loveland | 159 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0362 - Hillsboro | 159 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.