Forklift repair and maintenance services · Michigan

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek

Battle Creek, MI · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek runs at 313% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forklift repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade F.

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek: 6.6 TCR = 313% of Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek safety composite

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.6

2016→2021

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek injury rate improved

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek's TCR fell 2.6 from 5.8 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=13.2 · 2021=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 313% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #105/114
  • PHOTO Washburn
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Washburn (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek averages 6.6 TCR (313% of the Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=2.8 · 2019=6 · 2020=13.2 · 2021=3.2 · BLS 2.1

Where Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek falls in its industry

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenanc establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 114 Forklift repair and maintenanc employers in Michigan.

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek (35 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek
Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek (35 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Alta Equipment Company Battle Creek has fewer employees than the Forklift repair and maintenance services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2020 13.2 3.3 4 0 0
2019 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2017 8.6 5.7 3 0 0
2016 5.8 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · MI · Battle Creek

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenance services 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 Washburn 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The A J Gates Company 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Himes Service Company 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Busch. LLC Norristown 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 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 Parmly on the Lake 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Ridge Pressure Castings 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR McKinley Facility 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Troutdale Elementary 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alta Equipment Company 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inspired Living at Sun City Center 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mon Health Care, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Croell Inc. - La Crosse- Wisconsin Region 35 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.