Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing · Michigan

Dare Products, Inc.

Name: Dare Products, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Battle Creek, MI · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dare Products, Inc. runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dare Products, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 123% of Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dare Products, Inc. safety composite

Dare Products, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Dare Products, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Dare Products, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 3.9 in 2022 to 4.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.9 · 2023=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333248 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 123% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/8
PHOTO 7198_16509
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7198_16509 (0.1 TCR gap)

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4.1
7198_16509

4
Atlanta Attach

3.7

What this shows Dare Products, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (123% of the Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dare Products, Inc. TCR series: 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Dare Products, Inc. falls in its industry

55 Injection molding machinery fo establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Injection molding machinery fo employers in Michigan.

Dare Products, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 4.1) among 28 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Dare Products, Inc. has fewer employees than the Injection molding machinery for plastics median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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	4.2	0.0	1	0	0
2022	3.9	3.9	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333248 · MI · Battle Creek

55 Injection molding machinery for plastics manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	7198_16509	SHELBYVILLE, IN	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metro Plastics Technologies LLC	NOBLESVILLE, IN	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atlanta Attachment Company	LAWRENCEVILLE, GA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wirtz Manufacturing Company, Inc.	PORT HURON, MI	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC	ALLEGAN	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K Drive Greenhouse Co	EAST LEROY	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO)	BYRON CENTER	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Luurtsema Sales Inc.	JENISON	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Denso Manufacturing of Michigan	Battle Creek	2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BRONSON BATTLE CREEK	Battle Creek	1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office	Battle Creek	1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	I I Stanley Co., Inc.	Battle Creek	729 FTE
NAT-TCR	Iowa Mold Tooling	Garner, IA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arrow Construction Supply, LLC	Spokane, WA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Armour & Sons Electric, Inc.	Langhorne, PA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Schemm Electric Co Inc	Forest Hill, MD	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southeast Transportation (CV)	Cleveland, GA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Candlewood Suites	Indianapolis, IN	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	General Metals Mfg & Supply Co	Phoenix, AZ	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cellofoam-Sallisaw, OK-ROTO/FAB (NonEPS)	Sallisaw, OK	27 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.