Machine shops · Michigan

Caster Concepts Inc.

Albion, MI · ~116 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Caster Concepts Inc. runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

Caster Concepts Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Caster Concepts Inc. safety composite

Caster Concepts Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.9

2017→2024

Caster Concepts Inc. injury rate improved

Caster Concepts Inc.'s TCR fell 0.9 from 5.7 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Albion, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #60/111
  • PHOTO 4349_9540
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~116 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4349_9540 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Caster Concepts Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Caster Concepts Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Caster Concepts Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.7 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2023=3 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Caster Concepts Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 30% 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 #60 safest of 111 Machine shops employers in Michigan.

Caster Concepts Inc. (116 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Caster Concepts Inc.
Caster Concepts Inc. (116 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Caster Concepts Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher 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 4.8 1.6 6 0 0
2023 3.0 0.0 3 0 0
2021 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2020 6.2 1.0 6 0 0
2019 6.5 3.7 7 0 0
2018 8.1 1.8 9 0 0
2017 5.7 1.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MI · Albion

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Albion, 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 4349_9540 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sigma Machine Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gaum Inc 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NRL & Associates, Inc. 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quad Electronics, Inc. 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisiana-Pacific Newberry 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4650 Brownstown MI 116 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Container-GR 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knauf Insulation Plant 11 167 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albion Baldwin Hall 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA Inc. (Albion facility) 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Albion, MI 97 FTE
NAT-TCR Symbotic Tolleson 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shop Rite of Somers Point 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard Manor Nurse Care Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Coil Company 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Idabel Head Start/Early Head Start/Early Learning Center 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Appomattox Operation 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenco Industries 116 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willie Itule Produce, Inc. 116 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.