Paper and Paperboard · Michigan

Battle Creek MI

Battle Creek, MI · ~153 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Battle Creek MI runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Paper and Paperboard workplace, earning a grade A.

Battle Creek MI: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Paper and Paperboard BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battle Creek MI safety composite

Battle Creek MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.2

2019→2023

Battle Creek MI injury rate improved

Battle Creek MI's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.2 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO Lynchburg Container
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lynchburg Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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Battle Creek MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Battle Creek MI averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Paper and Paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Battle Creek MI TCR series: 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Battle Creek MI falls in its industry

181 Paper and Paperboard establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

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 11 Paper and Paperboard employers in Michigan.

Battle Creek MI (153 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Battle Creek MI
Battle Creek MI (153 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Battle Creek MI has more employees than the Paper and Paperboard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2019 1.2 0.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · MI · Battle Creek

181 Paper and Paperboard 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 Lynchburg Container 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif Recycling Moraine 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evergreen Packaging - Kalamazoo 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3A Composites, Statesville 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE E&L Construction Group 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Building, Inc 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin City Foods - Lake Odessa 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backyard Products 153 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 General Office 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Baytown, TX (Targa) 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Panasonic Avionics Corporation Bothell 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tecta America Carolinas LLC 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hottmann Construction Company, Inc. 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iberia Foods 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teichert Pipelines North 153 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, 2020, 2019. 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.