Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Michigan

American Tooling Center

Grass Lake, MI · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Tooling Center runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

American Tooling Center: 9.8 TCR = 296% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Tooling Center safety composite

American Tooling Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

−4.5

2016→2022

American Tooling Center injury rate improved

American Tooling Center's TCR fell 4.5 from 12.0 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.0 · 2022=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Grass Lake, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 296% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #114/131
  • PHOTO DFC Manufacturing Gr…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Triangle Dies and Supplies (0.1 TCR gap)

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American Tooling Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Tooling Center averages 9.8 TCR (296% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Tooling Center TCR series: 2016=12 · 2022=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where American Tooling Center falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 131 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Michigan.

American Tooling Center (120 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Tooling Center
American Tooling Center (120 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

American Tooling Center has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2022 7.5 7.5 8 0 0
2016 12.0 2.1 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Grass Lake

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Grass Lake, 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 DFC Manufacturing Group LLC dba Triangle Dies and Supplies 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bristol 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Tooling Systems - 7 Mile 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ArtiFlex Manufacturing Bristol Campus 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elzinga & Volkers Inc. 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fennville MI 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ovid Plant 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ludington Plant 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco Automotive Engineering Center 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco Automotive 435 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Tooling Center- Grass Lake 94 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Oakwell 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trego/Dugan Aviation Inc Gri 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Checkers Justrite Safety Group- Titusville 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Greybull Hardware 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Excavation Inc 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fellowes, Inc. Aurora 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE McClone Construction-WA 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Purple Wine Company LLC 120 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: 2022, 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.