Granulated beet sugar manufacturing · Michigan

Caro Factory

Caro, MI · ~195 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caro Factory runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Granulated beet sugar manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Caro Factory: 12.1 TCR = 289% of Granulated beet sugar manufacturing BLS 4.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caro Factory safety composite

Caro Factory scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Caro Factory: 9.7 → 12.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

Caro Factory's TCR rose 2.9 from 9.7 in 2016 to 12.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311313 · Caro, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 289% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Wyoming Sugar Company
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 114 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wyoming Sugar Company (0.4 TCR gap)

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Caro Factory in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caro Factory averages 12.1 TCR (289% of the Granulated beet sugar manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Caro Factory TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=10.3 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=17.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 4.2

Where Caro Factory falls in its industry

44 Granulated beet sugar manufact establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Granulated beet sugar manufact employers in Michigan.

Caro Factory (195 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 221 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Caro Factory
Caro Factory (195 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 221 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Caro Factory has fewer employees than the Granulated beet sugar manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 12.6 5.0 13 12 0
2023 4.8 1.6 9 0 0
2022 17.8 6.9 14 17 0
2021 13.4 6.7 15 7 0
2020 14.9 3.5 8 18 0
2019 11.8 5.1 13 8 0
2018 13.7 8.3 18 5 0
2017 10.3 3.8 8 11 0
2016 9.7 6.7 16 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311313 · MI · Caro

44 Granulated beet sugar manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Caro, 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 Wyoming Sugar Company 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Breckenridge Piling Ground 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Morgan Facility 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Billings Montana Facility 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nagle Paving Company 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE MI Distribution 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodland 307 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2113 - Macomb Twp 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPTAL- DHHS 408 FTE
CITY-NEAR CARO REG COMM HLTH - DHHS 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscola County Medical Care Community 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1798 288 FTE
NAT-TCR Avante at Inverness 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Klickitat Valley Health 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Watsonville/San Juan Bautista 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Children's Hospital Colorado - Briargate 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE King Hickory Furniture Company 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kilbourn 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company - MFC 195 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.