Trash containers, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan

Cascade Engineering

Grand Rapids, MI · ~472 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cascade Engineering runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trash containers, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cascade Engineering: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Trash containers, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cascade Engineering safety composite

Cascade Engineering scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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 Engineering held a steady TCR band

Cascade Engineering's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.1 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=1.1 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #18/218
  • PHOTO The NOCO Company
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~472 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The NOCO Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cascade Engineering in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cascade Engineering averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Trash containers, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cascade Engineering TCR series: 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Cascade Engineering falls in its industry

2,838 Trash containers, plastics, ma establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 218 Trash containers, plastics, ma employers in Michigan.

Cascade Engineering (472 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cascade Engineering
Cascade Engineering (472 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Cascade Engineering has more employees than the Trash containers, plastics, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 1.3 0.5 5 0 0
2023 1.2 0.7 5 0 0
2022 1.1 0.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Grand Rapids

2,838 Trash containers, plastics, 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 The NOCO Company 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Troy Plant 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aptar CSP Technologies 960 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabri-Kal Corporation-Mountain Top, PA 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pontiac Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 8) 472 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Turkey Producers LLC - Chicago Drive 471 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delfield 473 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakewood 473 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 Embassy of Newark LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 17 - S Florida 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Norton Sons Roofing 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Loram Technologies Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Habasit America 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE 666 Tul1000 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgestone Metalpha USA, Inc. 472 FTE
NAT-SIZE SSFP 472 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.