Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing · Michigan

Cole Carbide Industries Inc.

Cass City, MI · ~43 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cole Carbide Industries Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. safety composite

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.7

2016→2024

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. injury rate improved

Cole Carbide Industries Inc.'s TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Cass City, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/40
  • PHOTO Taurus Tool LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Taurus Tool LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cole Carbide Industries Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cole Carbide Industries Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Cole Carbide Industries Inc. falls in its industry

221 Knives and bits for metalworki establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 40 Knives and bits for metalworki employers in Michigan.

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. (43 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cole Carbide Industries Inc.
Cole Carbide Industries Inc. (43 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Cole Carbide Industries Inc. has fewer employees than the Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2022 2.3 0.0 0 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · Cass City

221 Knives and bits for metalworking lathes, planers, and shapers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 16 employers in Cass City, 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 Taurus Tool LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GW Schultz Tool 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARCH Cutting Tools - Maine LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OSG USA, Inc - Saint Charles Headquarters 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUWA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kappen Tree Service, LLC 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walbro LLC 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Area Energy Center 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR MICSC - CASS CITY CENTER 74 FTE
NAT-TCR Center Rock Inc 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sweeney Water Treatment Plant 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Plainsboro CMC Integralifesciences 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nascote- Enterprise Ave 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE LTX 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE UBG 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Monessen Foodland 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE XAE 43 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.