Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing · Michigan
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility
Battle Creek, MI · ~404 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility: 3.7 TCR = 113% of Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility safety composite
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility: 3.6 → 8.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2024
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.6 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #5/5
- PHOTO Grain Millers Inc
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 122 inj
- SIZE ~404 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grain Millers Inc (0.1 TCR gap)
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Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Natures Path F
Natures Path Foods INc
4.1 TCR
- Natures Path F
Natures Path Foods
4.1 TCR
- This site
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility
3.7 TCR
- Grain Millers
Grain Millers Inc
3.6 TCR
- General Mills
General Mills
3.2 TCR
What this shows Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility falls in its industry
60 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing employers in Michigan.
Battle Creek Manufacturing Facility has more employees than the Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · MI · Battle Creek
60 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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 | Grain Millers Inc | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Natures Path Foods INc | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Natures Path Foods | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Mills | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Adient Battle Creek | 404 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 4660 | 404 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 540-FC010 | 404 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muskegon Public Schools | 404 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Denso Manufacturing of Michigan | 2,702 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BRONSON BATTLE CREEK | 1,530 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office | 1,118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | I I Stanley Co., Inc. | 729 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ORD | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2912 Madison Ms | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | City of Prior Lake | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forest City Feed Mill | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Protolabs - Plymouth | 404 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sysco Raleigh | 404 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairfield County Council | 404 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Monogram Gourmet Foods, LLC - 330 | 404 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.