Employer · Michigan

Battle Creek Mill

Battle Creek, MI · ~142 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Battle Creek Mill runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

Battle Creek Mill: 3.6 TCR = 111% of industry BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battle Creek Mill safety composite

Battle Creek Mill scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−2.2

2016→2018

Battle Creek Mill injury rate improved

Battle Creek Mill's TCR fell 2.2 from 5.2 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 111% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Valley Converting Co…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valley Converting Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Battle Creek Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Battle Creek Mill averages 3.6 TCR (111% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Battle Creek Mill TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Battle Creek Mill falls in its industry

181 industry establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #8 safest of 11 industry employers in Michigan.

Battle Creek Mill (142 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 Mill
Battle Creek Mill (142 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Battle Creek Mill has more employees than the industry median and a higher 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
2018 3.0 3.0 5 0 0
2017 2.8 1.7 5 0 0
2016 5.2 2.6 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · MI · Battle Creek

181 industry 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 Valley Converting Co., Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clearwater Paper Lewiston PPD 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greif/Caraustar 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roberds Converting Co, Inc. 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGC FM Global Energy 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Electrical Service, Inc. 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Electric, Inc 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Farms, Inc. 142 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 Penske : 5801-00 Toyota/Princeton, IN 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoeger House 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SpringHill Suites Thatcher 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Office 10 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 0011 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michaels Artistree 6611 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE W.S. Badcock Corporation / DCFLMU 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Canton Division (NCD) 142 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, 2016. 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.