Engine intake and exhaust valves manufacturing · Michigan

Cal Grinding, Inc.

Name: Cal Grinding, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Escanaba, MI · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Cal Grinding, Inc. runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Engine intake and exhaust valves manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cal Grinding, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 53% of Engine intake and exhaust valves manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cal Grinding, Inc. safety composite

Cal Grinding, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.86 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%).

Rising injury rate

Cal Grinding, Inc.: 0.0 → 5.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2023

Cal Grinding, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.7 from 0.0 in 2022 to 5.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336310 · Escanaba, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 53% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #23/55
PHOTO Yamada North America…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Yamada North America, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Cal Grinding, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (53% of the Engine intake and exhaust valves manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Cal Grinding, Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=5.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Cal Grinding, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Engine intake and exhaust valv establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 55 Engine intake and exhaust valv employers in Michigan.

Cal Grinding, Inc. (38 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 165 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Cal Grinding, Inc. has fewer employees than the Engine intake and exhaust valves manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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	5.7	2.9	2	0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336310 · MI · Escanaba

221 Engine intake and exhaust valves manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 50 employers in Escanaba, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Yamada North America, Inc.	SOUTH CHARLESTON, OH	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flint Engine Operations	FLINT, MI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Burgess Norton Mfg. Co., Inc. (Plant 1)	GENEVA, IL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Edelbrock Group	OLIVE BRANCH, MS	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Westview Orchards	WASHINGTON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor)	WEBBERVILLE	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin	KEWADIN	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McConnell & Scully, Inc.	HOMER	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Verso Escanaba Mill	Escanaba	879 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Billerud Escanaba Mill	Escanaba	866 FTE
CITY-NEAR	OSF St Francis Hospital	Escanaba	487 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group	Escanaba	436 FTE
NAT-TCR	Schetter Electric LLC	Sacramento, CA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mid-Continent Aviation Services	Wichita, KS	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Opelika	Opelika, AL	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stanley Infrastructure	Delhi, IA	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Eagle Bluff	Lanesboro, MN	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	M.D. Descant, LLC	Bunkie, LA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	T.A.C. Inc.	Summit, IL	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wanapa Room	Cascade Locks, OR	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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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