Reels, wood, manufacturing · Michigan

Faulkner Fabricators Inc

Berrien Springs, MI · ~27 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Faulkner Fabricators Inc runs at 742% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Reels, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Faulkner Fabricators Inc: 24.5 TCR = 742% of Reels, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Faulkner Fabricators Inc safety composite

Faulkner Fabricators Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 35.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Faulkner Fabricators Inc: 35.1 → 50.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 50.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Faulkner Fabricators Inc's TCR rose 15.6 from 35.1 in 2016 to 50.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Berrien Springs, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.5 · 742% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Meeco Sullivan - War…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meeco Sullivan - Warwick (0.3 TCR gap)

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Faulkner Fabricators Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Faulkner Fabricators Inc averages 24.5 TCR (742% of the Reels, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Faulkner Fabricators Inc TCR series: 2016=35.1 · 2017=16 · 2018=19.1 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=22.7 · 2023=47.6 · 2024=50.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Faulkner Fabricators Inc falls in its industry

405 Reels, wood, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Reels, wood, manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Faulkner Fabricators Inc (27 employees, TCR 24.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Faulkner Fabricators Inc
Faulkner Fabricators Inc (27 employees, TCR 24.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Faulkner Fabricators Inc has fewer employees than the Reels, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024 50.7 0.0 8 0 0
2023 47.6 35.7 7 1 0
2020 22.7 15.2 3 0 0
2019 6.4 6.4 1 0 0
2018 19.1 3.8 5 0 0
2017 16.0 4.6 7 0 0
2016 35.1 28.9 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · MI · Berrien Springs

405 Reels, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 5 employers in Berrien Springs, 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 Meeco Sullivan - Warwick 24.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W. Chicago 23.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brent-Wood Products, Inc. 26.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wells Wood Turning & Finishing 21.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR First Student-Berrien Springs 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR ANDREWS UNIVERSITY 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hardings Markets 949 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Universal Medical Specialties 27 FTE
NAT-TCR 5 Riverbend Dr. Stamford Ct 06907 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2063 Swn4 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Rockville Refuse and Recycling 24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Faith HealthCare Center 24.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Image Supply, Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Oak Excavating, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Englewood 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lisbon 27 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.