Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor, MI · ~38 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor safety composite

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.61× in 2024

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Benton Harbor, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #7/43
  • PHOTO Bluewater Thermal So…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 43 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Michigan.

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor (38 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor
Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor (38 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Benton Harbor has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2021 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.8 0.0 2 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Benton Harbor

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade 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 Bluewater Thermal Solutions - South Bend 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Steel Treating Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solar Atmospheres of Western PA 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stack Metallurgical Services LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westview Orchards 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell & Scully, Inc. 38 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 Fayetteville 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. - Cheraw Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Arizona Glass Specialists 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Colorado Springs 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlas Roofing Corporation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE PGSTL 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt Energy, LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE CNY Builders LLC 38 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.

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

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