Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Michigan

Blough, Inc

Lowell, MI · ~48 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blough, Inc runs at 347% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Blough, Inc: 11.4 TCR = 347% of Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blough, Inc safety composite

Blough, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

Blough, Inc held a steady TCR band

Blough, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.1 in 2021 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 29.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.1 · 2023=29.9 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Lowell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 347% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #51/58
  • PHOTO L. E. Sauer Machine …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L. E. Sauer Machine Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blough, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blough, Inc averages 11.4 TCR (347% of the Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Blough, Inc TCR series: 2021=2.1 · 2023=29.9 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Blough, Inc falls in its industry

391 Buffing and polishing machines establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 58 Buffing and polishing machines employers in Michigan.

Blough, Inc (48 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Blough, Inc
Blough, Inc (48 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Blough, Inc has fewer employees than the Buffing and polishing machines, metalwor median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 29.9 29.9 8 0 0
2021 2.1 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MI · Lowell

391 Buffing and polishing machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Lowell, 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 L. E. Sauer Machine Co. 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harold R Henrich Inc. 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precision Metal Works - Frankfort 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signicast Milwaukee Finishing 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sietsema Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Grade Aggregates, LLC 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell Area Schools 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Inc. - Lowell 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Foods Inc 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR 205 - Lowell 273 FTE
NAT-TCR BMI Merchandise 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Velan Valve 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlgn - La Grande 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Empire Building Materials Inc. - Bozeman 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Serra Medical Transportation Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE J. Charles Crystalworks Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progressive Specialty Glass Company, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE JM Streamline, Inc. 48 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, 2021. 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.