Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing · Michigan

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo

Newaygo, MI · ~132 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo: 4.0 TCR = 120% of Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo safety composite

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2020→2021

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo injury rate improved

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.5 in 2020 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.5 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333996 · Newaygo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 120% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Permco
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Permco (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo averages 4.0 TCR (120% of the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo TCR series: 2020=5.5 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo falls in its industry

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, employers in Michigan.

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo (132 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo
Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo (132 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Bucher Hydraulics - Newaygo has more employees than the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 2.4 2.4 4 0 0
2020 5.5 5.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333996 · MI · Newaygo

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 16 employers in Newaygo, 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 Permco 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dynex/Rivett Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nigrelli, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Samoa Corporation 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Huron Valley Electric 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Continental Dairy Facilities, LLC 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lear Corporation - Rochester Hills (EO) 132 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flexco Grand Rapids Main 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna International Newaygo 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Mirrors- Newaygo 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Wood Products 155 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bucher Hydraulics, Inc. Newaygo, MI 152 FTE
NAT-TCR VITALIGENT LLC Garin Ranch 706 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Unitrac R.R. Materials 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DAN 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR MEF 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Epoxy : Deer Park 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services Venice 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skilltech 132 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkville Care Center 132 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: 2021, 2020. 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.