Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing · Michigan

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc.

Name: DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Battle Creek, MI · ~226 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. runs at 16% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc.: 0.8 TCR = 16% of Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. safety composite

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−0.8

2016→2018

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. injury rate improved

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.8 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2018=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 16% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #23/146
PHOTO Keihin North America
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~226 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keihin North America (0.0 TCR gap)

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Keihin North A

0.9
This site

0.8
US MI Zeeland

0.8
JAC Products-

0.8
AGS Warren

0.8

What this shows DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. averages 0.8 TCR (16% of the Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2018=0.5 · BLS 5.4

Where DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. falls in its industry

772 Air-conditioners, motor vehicl establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 146 Air-conditioners, motor vehicl employers in Michigan.

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. (226 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

DENSO Air Systems Michigan, Inc. has more employees than the Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018	0.5	0.5	1	0	0
2016	1.2	1.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MI · Battle Creek

772 Air-conditioners, motor vehicle, 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	Keihin North America	GREENFIELD, IN	0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US MI Zeeland 220 Riley St	ZEELAND, MI	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JAC Products- Franklin	FRANKLIN, GA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AGS Warren	WARREN, MI	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Wyoming 3300 Manufacturig Facility	WYOMING	226 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Absopure Company #14	PLYMOUTH	226 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corvac Composites - Kentwood	KENTWOOD	226 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Superior Materials Holdings LLC	FARMINGTON	226 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	Oldcastle OPI - Stone Mountain	Stone Mtn, GA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Spurlock	Maysville, KY	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Quality Printing Company	Pittsfield, MA	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	MSF Electric, Inc. North Carolina	Knightdale, NC	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grid Solutions : AIS - RMW - Waynesboro, GA, USA	Waynesboro, GA	226 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Outerloop Building 4 (Kyvil)	Louisville, KY	226 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gainesville Center (Flgai)	Gainesville, FL	226 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kelsey-Hayes Company-Fayette	Fayette, OH	226 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: 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.