Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., primarily retailing furniture) · Michigan

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo

Name: #40 Art Van Kalamazoo Workplace Safety Data
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Portage, MI · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., primarily retailing furniture) workplace, earning a grade C.

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo: 3.6 TCR = 106% of Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., primarily retailing furniture) BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo safety composite

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−8.3

2016→2019

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo injury rate improved

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo's TCR fell 8.3 from 8.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 442110 · Portage, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 106% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #43/87
PHOTO Montgomery Store #1202
BOOK 4y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montgomery Store #1202 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.6
Montgomery Sto

3.6
NOVI-B5510-AFH

3.6
4535-0129

3.6
ASF 447

3.6

What this shows #40 Art Van Kalamazoo averages 3.6 TCR (106% of the Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., primarily retailing furniture) BLS benchmark).

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=4 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.4

Where #40 Art Van Kalamazoo falls in its industry

2,215 Furniture and appliance stores establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 87 Furniture and appliance stores employers in Michigan.

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo (53 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 5.0

#40 Art Van Kalamazoo has more employees than the Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., pr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	2.1	2.1	1
2017	4.0	2.0	2
2016	8.3	0.0	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

442110 · MI · Portage

2,215 Furniture and appliance stores (i.e., primarily retailing furniture) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, MI · 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	Montgomery Store #1202	MONTGOMERY, AL	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NOVI-B5510-AFH- NOVI STORE	NOVI, MI	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4535-0129	CORAL GABLES, FL	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ASF 447	JACKSONVILLE, FL	3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	EDL- Lansing Office	EAST LANSING	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Energy - Newaygo	NEWAYGO	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gas Construction Livonia	INKSTER	53 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Commercial Contractors, Inc.	GRAND HAVEN	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments - 1941	Portage	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Medical	Portage	2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summit Polymers, Inc.	Portage	1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Corporation Shared Services	Portage	768 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cuero Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Cuero, TX	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pawtucket Skilled Nursing	Pawtucket, RI	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Robling Medical	Youngsville, NC	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Orchard Fresh	Orchard Park, NY	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	US Tower Services, Inc.	Missoula, MT	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Navarino Property Management	Bridgeport, CT	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	YMCA Camp Collins	Gresham, OR	53 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NGC - Westwego Plant	Westwego, LA	53 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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