Heavy equipment repair training · Michigan

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, MI · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Heavy equipment repair training workplace, earning a grade B.

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo: 0.8 TCR = 54% of Heavy equipment repair training BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo safety composite

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.3

2016→2019

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo injury rate improved

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611519 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 0.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P85
  • PHOTO Mount Carmel College…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Carmel College of Nursing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo averages 0.8 TCR (54% of the Heavy equipment repair training BLS benchmark).

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

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo falls in its industry

13 Heavy equipment repair trainin establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo (38 employees, TCR 0.8) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 1.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 02004006008001,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Mount Carmel College of NursingSamuel Merritt University (215-350HAW)Dakota County Technical CollegeSamuel Merritt University (215-OAK)The CrucibleZiegler BLoomingtonAnoka Technical CollegeSamuel Merritt University (215-SAC)Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo
Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo (38 employees, TCR 0.8) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 126 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Carleton Equipment Co - Kalamazoo has fewer employees than the Heavy equipment repair training median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611519 · MI · Kalamazoo

13 Heavy equipment repair training employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Mount Carmel College of Nursing 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dakota County Technical College 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anoka Technical College 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ziegler BLoomington 1.9 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 Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR MFG-Arecibo-Puerto Rico 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Behrends Feed and Fertilizer 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Roses 338 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USHealth Administrators, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cushman Contracting Corporation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Specialty Metals Company LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magic Hat Brewing Co. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Union City 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.