Abattoirs · Michigan
Coldwater Facility
Coldwater, MI · ~926 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 33.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Coldwater Facility runs at 1025% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Abattoirs workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 33.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 528
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Coldwater Facility's OSHA Total Case Rate of 33.8 to the Abattoirs BLS benchmark of 3.3 (1025% of benchmark) across 5 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Coldwater Facility's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Coldwater Facility falls in its industry
216 Abattoirs establishmentsSafer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Abattoirs employers in Michigan.
Trend analysis for Coldwater Facility
Between 2017 and 2021, Coldwater Facility's Total Case Rate improved from 42.6 to 23.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 44% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2021, at a TCR of 23.7, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 42.6, a spread of 18.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 5 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 5 reporting years, Coldwater Facility recorded 528 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 5-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 528 injuries, 932 illnesses shown on this page for Coldwater Facility are sourced from its own 5 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311611 - Abattoirs.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
226 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 2,280,243 hours worked = 19.82 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Coldwater Facility (this establishment) | 33.83 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Beef produced in slaughtering plants industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311611 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Coldwater Facility to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 270 reportable incidents · 159 injuries, 111 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 475 reportable incidents · 135 injuries, 340 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 280 reportable incidents · 73 injuries, 207 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 307 reportable incidents · 108 injuries, 199 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 128 reportable incidents · 53 injuries, 75 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23.7 | 19.8 | 159 | 111 | 0 |
| 2020 | 37.8 | 33.3 | 135 | 340 | 0 |
| 2019 | 30.3 | 25.0 | 73 | 207 | 0 |
| 2018 | 34.8 | 31.1 | 108 | 199 | 0 |
| 2017 | 42.6 | 35.3 | 53 | 75 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Coldwater Facility's reported OSHA injury record versus its Abattoirs peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 1025% of the Abattoirs benchmark, Coldwater Facility reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Abattoirs sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.