Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

42251a - Battle Creek

Battle Creek, MI · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

42251a - Battle Creek runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

42251a - Battle Creek: 3.1 TCR = 142% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42251a - Battle Creek safety composite

42251a - Battle Creek scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

42251a - Battle Creek: 1.9 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 2.08× in 2021

42251a - Battle Creek's TCR rose 4.6 from 1.9 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 142% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #15/23
  • PHOTO PLYMOUTH EmpWorkCt…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PLYMOUTH EmpWorkCtrCd 30000887 (0.0 TCR gap)

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42251a - Battle Creek in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 42251a - Battle Creek averages 3.1 TCR (142% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

42251a - Battle Creek TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where 42251a - Battle Creek falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 23 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Michigan.

42251a - Battle Creek (45 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate 42251a - Battle Creek
42251a - Battle Creek (45 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42251a - Battle Creek has fewer employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2018 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · MI · Battle Creek

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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 PLYMOUTH EmpWorkCtrCd 30000887 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49885 - LAMIRADA CA FAC. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 43161A - NORTHBROOK ZONE 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 42431H - MAUMEE OH DC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Junction Office 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeWeerdt Poultry Farm, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clare SC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Sebold and Associates, Inc. 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Allstate Plastics, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Parsippany Distribution Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express and Suites 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Castleton Square Mall 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE BM2 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE M&W Contractors 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ohio CAT - Troy HE 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panel Truss Oakwood LLC 45 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.