Gravel hauling, local · Michigan

Cordes Inc

Byron Center, MI · ~42 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cordes Inc runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gravel hauling, local workplace, earning a grade A.

Cordes Inc: 0.5 TCR = 11% of Gravel hauling, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cordes Inc safety composite

Cordes Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Cordes Inc held a steady TCR band

Cordes Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Byron Center, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/22
  • PHOTO TRI-COUNTY BULK MILK…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TRI-COUNTY BULK MILK HAULERS, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cordes Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cordes Inc averages 0.5 TCR (11% of the Gravel hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Cordes Inc TCR series: 2018=0 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Cordes Inc falls in its industry

1,130 Gravel hauling, local establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 22 Gravel hauling, local employers in Michigan.

Cordes Inc (42 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cordes Inc
Cordes Inc (42 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Cordes Inc has more employees than the Gravel hauling, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · MI · Byron Center

1,130 Gravel hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, 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 TRI-COUNTY BULK MILK HAULERS, INC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Recovery and Remarketing 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PTC Admin 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fieldale Farms - Product Transportation 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Meter 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Jackson 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pennings & Sons 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CR Meyer - Muskegon 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buist Electric 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterpiece Flower Company LLC 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Eerden Trucking 254 FTE
NAT-TCR 1041-Tulsa OK Artificial Lift 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Just Rite Equipment 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lima PERRY proTECH 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Florida : SVC - Jacksonville FL-USA 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mid-State Tank Co., Inc. - Plant 3 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites at the Conference Center 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scot Forge - Franklin Park 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Antebellum Grove Senior Living 42 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018. 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.