Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan

Airwest Mold

Kentwood, MI · ~124 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Airwest Mold runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Airwest Mold: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Airwest Mold safety composite

Airwest Mold scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Airwest Mold injury rate improved

Airwest Mold's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.5 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Kentwood, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #121/218
  • PHOTO Rimco Plastics Corpo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~124 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rimco Plastics Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Airwest Mold in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Airwest Mold averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Airwest Mold TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Airwest Mold falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #121 safest of 218 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Michigan.

Airwest Mold (124 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Airwest Mold
Airwest Mold (124 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Airwest Mold has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2023 3.5 3.5 4 0 0
2022 6.9 5.2 8 0 0
2021 7.6 7.6 9 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2019 4.6 2.3 6 0 0
2018 2.9 2.1 4 0 0
2017 4.3 4.3 5 0 0
2016 2.5 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Kentwood

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Kentwood, 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 Rimco Plastics Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pella Vinyl Windows 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scholle IPN Atlanta Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, INC 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hortech Inc. 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anderson Development Company 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM & Sons, Inc. 124 FTE
STATE-SIZE DC BYERS COMPANY 124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC - H1 656 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions H5 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trees LLC 484 346 FTE
NAT-TCR Idaho Falls Facility 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Equipment Corporation New Castle 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Riddle Engineered Wood 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Manitowoc Cranes Inc.- Port Washington WI 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bayberry Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orchard Park 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Precision Drive & Control, Inc 124 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilkins Shop 'n Save 124 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.