Precision turned product manufacturing · Michigan

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac

Dowagiac, MI · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Precision turned product manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Precision turned product manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac safety composite

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−3.8

2016→2023

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac injury rate improved

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac's TCR fell 3.8 from 6.1 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2017=2.0 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332721 · Dowagiac, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/53
  • PHOTO MERIT SCREW MACHINE …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MERIT SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS CO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Autocam Corporation Dowagiac in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Autocam Corporation Dowagiac averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Precision turned product manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=2 · 2018=6 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=7.6 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Autocam Corporation Dowagiac falls in its industry

464 Precision turned product manuf establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 53 Precision turned product manuf employers in Michigan.

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac (43 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Autocam Corporation Dowagiac
Autocam Corporation Dowagiac (43 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Autocam Corporation Dowagiac has fewer employees than the Precision turned product manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2023 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2021 7.6 3.8 3 1 0
2020 7.2 2.4 2 1 0
2019 5.4 2.7 2 0 0
2018 6.0 4.0 3 0 0
2017 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 6.1 4.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332721 · MI · Dowagiac

464 Precision turned product manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Dowagiac, 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 MERIT SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS CO 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MST Manufacturing 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-Star Industries 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Basin Precision Whitewater 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUWA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADD, INC 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dowagiac Campus 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam - Dowagiac 256 FTE
NAT-TCR Harris Door and Drawer, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 55779 University of MN 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Triad Engineering & Contracting 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Burch Creek Farms, Inc 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE International C & C Corp DBA Sign X-Press and International Sign 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orlando- CF and Design 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville- CF 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clayton Supply Haleyville 1 43 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: 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.