Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing · Michigan

Dawson Manufacturing Co

Benton Harbor, MI · ~103 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dawson Manufacturing Co runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dawson Manufacturing Co: 0.4 TCR = 12% of Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dawson Manufacturing Co safety composite

Dawson Manufacturing Co scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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 0.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.2

2016→2023

Dawson Manufacturing Co injury rate improved

Dawson Manufacturing Co's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326291 · Benton Harbor, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 12% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/16
  • PHOTO Saint-Gobain
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Saint-Gobain (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dawson Manufacturing Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dawson Manufacturing Co averages 0.4 TCR (12% of the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dawson Manufacturing Co TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2018=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Dawson Manufacturing Co falls in its industry

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #2 safest of 16 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut employers in Michigan.

Dawson Manufacturing Co (103 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 Dawson Manufacturing Co
Dawson Manufacturing Co (103 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Dawson Manufacturing Co has more employees than the Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goo median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326291 · MI · Benton Harbor

266 Extruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 74 employers in Benton Harbor, 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 Saint-Gobain 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newby Rubber, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flexmag Industries 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greene Rubber 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MKG Norton Shores SC 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henkels & McCoy - Canton, MI - Verizon 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE VanLaan Concrete Construction 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bumler Mechanical 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2062 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gast Manufacturing 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2062 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Idex 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Straumann 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Worley Field Services at ConocoPhillips Alpine 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Philips NAM Highland Heights OH 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassus Brentwood Home Office 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Nassal Company 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hospice of Davidson County 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Power Services - Exelon, Braidwood Station 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Statesville Container 103 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, 2018, 2016. 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.