Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing · Michigan

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State

Grand Rapids, MI · ~149 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State safety composite

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State held a steady TCR band

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.0 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #6/32
  • PHOTO Pace Industries
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~149 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pace Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State TCR series: 2016=3 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State falls in its industry

221 Zinc die-castings, unfinished, establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 32 Zinc die-castings, unfinished, employers in Michigan.

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State (149 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State
Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State (149 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Cascade Die Casting Group - Mid-State has more employees than the Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufactu 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 3.0 1.8 5 0 0
2020 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2016 3.0 2.3 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · MI · Grand Rapids

221 Zinc die-castings, unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Pace Industries 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitehead Die Casting, Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nemak Plant 2 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR cambridge Pace 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trombley Service Center 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vredevoogd Heating and Cooling 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mersino Dewatering/Global Pump 149 FTE
STATE-SIZE E.T. MacKenzie Company 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Lennar - Chicago 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Garrett Tire Old Potash GI 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbus EM/Rental 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Silarx Pharmaceutical 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Juniper Village at Brookline 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE PCC Community Markets Fremont 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE BP20 149 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHD Manufacturing, INc. 149 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, 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.