Hardware, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan

Creative Molding Inc

Buchanan, MI · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Creative Molding Inc runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardware, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Creative Molding Inc: 6.2 TCR = 189% of Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Creative Molding Inc safety composite

Creative Molding Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Creative Molding Inc: 4.2 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Creative Molding Inc's TCR rose 4.1 from 4.2 in 2018 to 8.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Buchanan, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 189% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #169/218
  • PHOTO Schaefer Systems - L…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Schaefer Systems - Lodi, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Creative Molding Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Creative Molding Inc averages 6.2 TCR (189% of the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Creative Molding Inc TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2019=8.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Creative Molding Inc falls in its industry

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #169 safest of 218 Hardware, plastics, manufactur employers in Michigan.

Creative Molding Inc (22 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Creative Molding Inc
Creative Molding Inc (22 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Creative Molding Inc has fewer employees than the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing 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
2019 8.3 0.0 1 1 0
2018 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Buchanan

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 16 employers in Buchanan, 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 Schaefer Systems - Lodi, CA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Georgetown 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlantis Industries 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley-Extrusions, LLC 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fapco inc 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1467 RXO EXPRESS, LLC-1467 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan High School 64 FTE
NAT-TCR Stuart 1495 Nw Britt Rd 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Touchstone Healthcare Community 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Schwebel Distribution 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 1956 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE NICKLES-LIMA 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 162 Tulsa, OK (RDC) 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 201 Aspen Airport Business Ctr 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE PALATKA 200 N. 3rd Street 22 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: 2019, 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.