Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing · Michigan

Cooper Standard - Gaylord

Gaylord, MI · ~184 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cooper Standard - Gaylord runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cooper Standard - Gaylord: 4.7 TCR = 142% of Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooper Standard - Gaylord safety composite

Cooper Standard - Gaylord scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.5

2016→2024

Cooper Standard - Gaylord injury rate improved

Cooper Standard - Gaylord's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.2 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.2 · 2018=6.1 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Gaylord, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 142% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #10/16
  • PHOTO Bridgestone APM AVD
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 29 inj
  • SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bridgestone APM AVD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooper Standard - Gaylord in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooper Standard - Gaylord averages 4.7 TCR (142% of the Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cooper Standard - Gaylord TCR series: 2016=5.2 · 2018=6.1 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Cooper Standard - Gaylord falls in its industry

266 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e. establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 16 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e. employers in Michigan.

Cooper Standard - Gaylord (184 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cooper Standard - Gaylord
Cooper Standard - Gaylord (184 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Cooper Standard - Gaylord has more employees than the Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extrude median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 2.8 2.3 6 0 0
2018 6.1 0.6 11 0 0
2016 5.2 1.7 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · MI · Gaylord

266 Rubber goods, mechanical (i.e., extruded, lathe-cut, molded), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 58 employers in Gaylord, 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 Bridgestone APM AVD 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armada Rubber Manufacturing Company 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR IFI 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stern Rubber Company - Staples Plant 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Upper Peninsula Power Company 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal Roofing Company, Inc 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Shield Deck Builders 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.W. Mercer Co. 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital 771 FTE
CITY-NEAR Otsego Memorial Hospital 644 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1542 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1542 330 FTE
NAT-TCR Gervais Elementary School 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR The Electrician, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Conroe Health Care Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 02004-02-02-Central Point 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Southern - IL Electric Ops 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATI Huntsville Operations 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Copley at Stoughton 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andersen Commercial Plumbing 184 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, 2018, 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.