Foundries, steel (except investment) · Michigan

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan

Coldwater, MI · ~327 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foundries, steel (except investment) workplace, earning a grade D.

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan: 4.0 TCR = 121% of Foundries, steel (except investment) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan safety composite

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 52%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.5

2016→2021

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan injury rate improved

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan's TCR fell 1.5 from 4.8 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2021=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331513 · Coldwater, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 121% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Portland Kettle Work…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~327 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portland Kettle Works, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan averages 4.0 TCR (121% of the Foundries, steel (except investment) BLS benchmark).

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

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan falls in its industry

94 Foundries, steel (except inves establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 12 Foundries, steel (except inves employers in Michigan.

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan (327 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan
Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan (327 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 78 employees and a TCR of 7.3

Asama Coldwater Mfg - Michigan has more employees than the Foundries, steel (except investment) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.3. 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 3.3 2.9 8 1 0
2016 4.8 1.9 18 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331513 · MI · Coldwater

94 Foundries, steel (except investment) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 64 employers in Coldwater, 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 Portland Kettle Works, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tonkawa Foundry, Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Granite City Plant 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amsted Rail Kansas City 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fairlife, LLC 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Guardian Industries -Carleton 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE Laminated Products Plant 327 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2192 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coldwater Facility 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6043 912 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6043 795 FTE
CITY-NEAR ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR New Sunrise Adult Day Health Care Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northstar Brooklyn Park 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 0303 - Avon Ma Whse 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fox River Fiber 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Akron Springside - 320 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kimbel Mechanical Systems, Inc 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cenveo Worldwide Limited Mt Pleasant 327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tenaris McCarty Plant 327 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, 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.