Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Michigan

Dow Automotive Systems

Name: Dow Automotive Systems Workplace Safety Data
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Hillsdale, MI · ~73 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dow Automotive Systems runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Dow Automotive Systems: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dow Automotive Systems safety composite

Dow Automotive Systems scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

Dow Automotive Systems: 0.0 → 1.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

Dow Automotive Systems's TCR rose 1.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Hillsdale, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/24
PHOTO ASI - Frankfort
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ASI - Frankfort (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berry Global G

0.7
This site

0.6
ASI - Frankfor

0.6
Kelso DC

0.6
Adhesive Techn

0.6

What this shows Dow Automotive Systems averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dow Automotive Systems TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dow Automotive Systems falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

Grade A

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 24 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Michigan.

Dow Automotive Systems (73 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Dow Automotive Systems has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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	1.3	0.0	1	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MI · Hillsdale

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 18 employers in Hillsdale, 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	ASI - Frankfort	FRANKFORT, IL	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kelso DC	BALTIMORE, MD	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Berry Global Group	FRANKLIN, KY	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Adhesive Technologies, Inc.	HAMPTON, NH	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Field Work	STURGIS	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michiana SC	NILES	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tri-County Electric- Portland	PORTLAND	73 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Powerline, LLC	BATTLE CREEK	73 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hillsdale Hospital	Hillsdale	431 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hillsdale	Hillsdale	131 FTE
CITY-NEAR	018-00681	Hillsdale	116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4073 Hillsdale College	Hillsdale	102 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Logistics Company - Benning TMP	Fort Benning, GA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lilly Del Carbe Inc - Carolina	Carolina, PR	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Battelle Columbus Operations	Columbus, OH	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hopewell	Pennington, NJ	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc.	Gardena, CA	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Performance Minnesota Production - 1036	Rice, MN	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	9000 State Road	Philadelphia, PA	73 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corp Office	Cheektowaga, NY	73 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.

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