Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Michigan

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY)

Lake Orion, MI · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY): 3.0 TCR = 90% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) safety composite

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 45%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−0.9

2023→2024

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) injury rate improved

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY)'s TCR fell 0.9 from 3.4 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.4 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Lake Orion, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #52/131
  • PHOTO ODC Tooling & Molds
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ODC Tooling & Molds (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) averages 3.0 TCR (90% 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

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 56% 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 #52 safest of 131 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Michigan.

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) (119 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY)
Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) (119 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ascent Aerospace - Lake Orion (ODY) has more employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a lower 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
2024 2.5 0.6 4 0 0
2023 3.4 2.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Lake Orion

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 37 employers in Lake Orion, 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 ODC Tooling & Molds 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elizabeth Carbide of North Carolina 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Decatur Mold Tool & Engineering, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marion Die & Fixture 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg. 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interkal LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ritsema Associates 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orion Assembly 1,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZPON 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kay Automotive Graphics 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Complete Automation 236 FTE
NAT-TCR Ucp - Bca 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northland Products Co. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PACE Supply San Rafael Branch 4 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grouse Mountain Lodge 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Al Dahra ACX, Inc. 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alsip Novolex Plant 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated Nashville 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodland Terrace of Carmel 119 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.