Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing · Michigan
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes
Sparta, MI · ~139 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes safety composite
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes: 2.1 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2021
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes's TCR rose 3.4 from 2.1 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331523 · Sparta, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind
- DART 4.1 DART
- RANK #13/32
- PHOTO Spartan Light Metal …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~139 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Spartan Light Metal Products Sparta Location (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 3520_6712
3520_6712
3.2 TCR
- Boyd Corporati
Boyd Corporation Allenton
3.2 TCR
- This site
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes
3.1 TCR
- Spartan Light
Spartan Light Metal Products Sparta Location
3.1 TCR
- Minneapolis Di
Minneapolis Die Casting LLC
3.1 TCR
What this shows Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes falls in its industry
221 Aluminum die-castings, unfinis establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 32 Aluminum die-castings, unfinis employers in Michigan.
Cascade Die Casting Group - Great Lakes has more employees than the Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manuf median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331523 · MI · Sparta
221 Aluminum die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, 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 | Spartan Light Metal Products Sparta Location | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minneapolis Die Casting LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3520_6712 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boyd Corporation Allenton | 3.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Raker-Roberta's Young Plants | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JH Campbell 3 | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CSM Group | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Site Development, Inc. | 139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Agrico Labor LLC | 559 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Formulations | 227 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Federal-Mogul Powertrain | 157 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Great Lakes Division | 149 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SCVHHS Community Outreach Program (418) | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Inn Boardman | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Middlesboro Coca Cola Bottling works Somerset | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marrington School of the Arts | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Richards Industrials | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CalmaxTechnologies01 | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ConMet Bryson City | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center | 139 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.