Machine shops · Michigan

Erdman Machine Co.

Whitehall, MI · ~65 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Erdman Machine Co. runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade F.

Erdman Machine Co.: 10.5 TCR = 319% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Erdman Machine Co. safety composite

Erdman Machine Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−14.3

2016→2024

Erdman Machine Co. injury rate improved

Erdman Machine Co.'s TCR fell 14.3 from 22.8 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Whitehall, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 319% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #100/111
  • PHOTO Manitowoc Tool and M…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manitowoc Tool and Machining, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Erdman Machine Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Erdman Machine Co. averages 10.5 TCR (319% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Erdman Machine Co. TCR series: 2016=22.8 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=14.3 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Erdman Machine Co. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #100 safest of 111 Machine shops employers in Michigan.

Erdman Machine Co. (65 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Erdman Machine Co.
Erdman Machine Co. (65 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Erdman Machine Co. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 8.6 2.1 3 1 0
2023 9.8 0.0 4 0 0
2022 14.3 14.3 3 3 0
2021 7.2 4.8 3 0 0
2020 10.1 6.7 5 1 0
2019 3.8 2.5 3 0 0
2018 7.6 3.8 6 0 0
2016 22.8 4.3 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MI · Whitehall

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 36 employers in Whitehall, 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 Manitowoc Tool and Machining, LLC 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR C & S Machine Co 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leipold INC 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frazee Facility 10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ridgeview Orchards 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE PG Manufacturing 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marquette Board of Light and Power 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE SunGlo 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arconic Whitehall Operations- Whitehall Castings Plant 1 and 3 1,027 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet Aerospace Whitehall Operations- Whitehall Castings Plant 1 and 3 948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet - Whitehall Castings Plant 1 and 3 881 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arconic Whitehall Operations - Whitehall Casting Plant 10 613 FTE
NAT-TCR Park Ridge Living Center 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ERI Holliston, MA 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Joe Daniels Construction Co., Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FV American Dynasty 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arkema Inc. Houston Plant 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mervis Industries - Decatur 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 212 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 208 65 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.