Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing · Michigan

Dowding Machining

Name: Dowding Machining Workplace Safety Data
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Eaton Rapids, MI · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dowding Machining runs at 113% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dowding Machining: 3.7 TCR = 113% of Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dowding Machining safety composite

Dowding Machining scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.6

2016→2017

Dowding Machining injury rate improved

Dowding Machining's TCR fell 1.6 from 4.6 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Eaton Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 113% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #28/40
PHOTO Lakes Precision Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakes Precision Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Lakes Precisio

3.8
Viking Drill&

3.8
This site

3.7
United Drill B

3.6
E.P. Heller Co

3.6

What this shows Dowding Machining averages 3.7 TCR (113% of the Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dowding Machining TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Dowding Machining falls in its industry

221 Tools and accessories for mach establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 40 Tools and accessories for mach employers in Michigan.

Dowding Machining (35 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Dowding Machining has fewer employees than the Tools and accessories for machine tools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2017	2.9	0.0	1	0	0
2016	4.6	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · Eaton Rapids

221 Tools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 10 employers in Eaton Rapids, 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	Lakes Precision Inc.	THREE LAKES, WI	3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	United Drill Bushing Corporation	DOWNEY, CA	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	E.P. Heller Co.	MADISON, NJ	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Viking Drill& Tool, Inc.	ST PAUL, MN	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples	GREENVILLE	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Harbor Farmz, North LLC	KALAMAZOO	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Willow Point Dairy	GRAND RAPIDS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB	DEARBORN	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Magnesium Prod of AM	Eaton Rapids	366 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dowding Industries, Inc	Eaton Rapids	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1994 FAMILY FARE, Eaton Rapids PREVO'S #38-3345860	Eaton Rapids	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sika Advance Resins - Eaton Rapids	Eaton Rapids	36 FTE
NAT-TCR	Decatur County Health Care and Rehabilitation, Inc.	Parsons, TN	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	L5 - Plymouth Meeting	Plymouth Meeting, PA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Griffin (Gagri)	Griffin, GA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Logan Clay Products Company	Logan, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	3620 Sws of Ga-Brunswick	Brunswick, GA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fairfield Inn & Suites	Verona, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Holiday Inn Harborview	Port Washington, WI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	House of Color, Inc.	Bismarck, ND	35 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: 2017, 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.