Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI

Howell, MI · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI runs at 295% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI: 6.5 TCR = 295% of Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI safety composite

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI: 1.3 → 11.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2018

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI's TCR rose 10.5 from 1.3 in 2017 to 11.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Howell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 295% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #46/62
  • PHOTO Oscar Winski Company…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oscar Winski Company Metal Recycling Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI averages 6.5 TCR (295% of the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=11.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 62 Recyclable materials (e.g., gl employers in Michigan.

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI (77 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI
Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI (77 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Battery Solutions LLC- Howell MI has more employees than the Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2018 11.8 2.0 6 0 0
2017 1.3 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Howell

1,126 Recyclable materials (e.g., glass, metal, paper) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 94 employers in Howell, 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 Oscar Winski Company Metal Recycling Division 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CIM SHREDDER DIVISION 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Standard Iron & Metal Co., LLC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PNW Metal Recycling dba Longview 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chippewa County Road Commission 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE M&M Excavating Co., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Selge Construction Co., Inc. 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE C & R Electric - Main Office 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thai Summit America 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Livingston County 721 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Livingston 488 FTE
NAT-TCR Max & Erma's Edinburgh 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra Vista Healthcare Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Appleton Retirement Community 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fischer Point 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #50 (Fond Du Lac, WI) 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reynolds Enterprises, Inc. - Reynolds Construction, LLC (Harrisburg) 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestwood American River Residential Services/Psychiatric Health Facility 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Columbia SC Hauling 77 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: 2018, 2017. 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.