Shims, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107

Buchanan, MI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Shims, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107: 2.3 TCR = 70% of Shims, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 safety composite

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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).

C

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−9.2

2017→2023

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 injury rate improved

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107's TCR fell 9.2 from 9.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Buchanan, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/50
  • PHOTO Yanke Machine Shop I…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yanke Machine Shop Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 averages 2.3 TCR (70% of the Shims, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 falls in its industry

827 Shims, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 77% 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 #12 safest of 50 Shims, metal, manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 (28 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107
Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 (28 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Berrien Metal Products, Inc. Headquarters at 460 Post Rd, Buchanan, MI 49107 has fewer employees than the Shims, metal, manufacturing 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.2 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MI · Buchanan

827 Shims, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 16 employers in Buchanan, 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 Yanke Machine Shop Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thieman Manufacturing Technologies 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SENIOR FLEXONICS 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holliston MFG (GTS, HTSG) 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamlin Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossroads Dairy 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Assembly DBA Grand Traverse Pallet 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zeeland Generation 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fapco inc 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1467 RXO EXPRESS, LLC-1467 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan High School 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Supplyone, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR NHC HealthCare, Anderson/LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bradford Electric Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Component Assembly Systems Maryland 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rosewood Adult Residential Services 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Comcast Health Center - Philadelphia 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites 28 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.