Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing · Michigan

Benton Harbor, MI

Benton Harbor, MI · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Benton Harbor, MI runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Benton Harbor, MI: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Benton Harbor, MI safety composite

Benton Harbor, MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Benton Harbor, MI held a steady TCR band

Benton Harbor, MI's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.8 in 2020 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332216 · Benton Harbor, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO KNIPEX Tools L.P.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KNIPEX Tools L.P. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Benton Harbor, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Benton Harbor, MI averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Benton Harbor, MI TCR series: 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=4 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Benton Harbor, MI falls in its industry

174 Blades, saw, all types, manufa establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 7 Blades, saw, all types, manufa employers in Michigan.

Benton Harbor, MI (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Benton Harbor, MI
Benton Harbor, MI (23 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Benton Harbor, MI has fewer employees than the Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332216 · MI · Benton Harbor

174 Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 74 employers in Benton Harbor, 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 KNIPEX Tools L.P. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cornwell Quality Tools Manufacturing 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Valley Steel Rule Die Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Klein Tools HP 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2062 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gast Manufacturing 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2062 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Idex 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Roanoke - 4901 Henrietta Creek Road 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR American Outdoor Brands 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR W3 Main 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0279 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE GMS Pelham 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Socorro - 11751 Alameda Avenue Suite A 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mulberry Plaza - DCS 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE LMMM Dallas #43, LTD. 23 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. 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.