Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Michigan

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc

Muskegon, MI · ~49 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc safety composite

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc held a steady TCR band

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.4 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Muskegon, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #8/53
  • PHOTO All Southern Fabrica…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: All Southern Fabricators LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 53 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Michigan.

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc (49 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc
Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc (49 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.1 5.1 3 0 0
2021 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · MI · Muskegon

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, 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 All Southern Fabricators LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR H&H Sheet Metal Fabricators Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Components LLC - Grand Rapids, MI 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baghouse & Industrial Sheet Metal Services Inc 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1003 Canal St 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller-Davis Company 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gundlach Champion, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLOSNER CONSTRUCTION & SALES INC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #895 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Falls Creek 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR American Bronze Corporation 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Maywood 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Sheet Metal Products Co. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Longview Martin Transport 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Serfilco Northbrook 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rocky Mount 49 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: 2024, 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.