Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use) · Michigan

Ferndale Maize LLC

Lake Orion, MI · ~176 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferndale Maize LLC runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use) workplace, earning a grade C.

Ferndale Maize LLC: 2.7 TCR = 82% of Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use) BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferndale Maize LLC safety composite

Ferndale Maize LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

Ferndale Maize LLC: 2.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2024

Ferndale Maize LLC's TCR rose 1.4 from 2.0 in 2023 to 3.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325411 · Lake Orion, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO AMPAC Fine Chemicals…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC - Rancho Cordova (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferndale Maize LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferndale Maize LLC averages 2.7 TCR (82% of the Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use) BLS benchmark).

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

Ferndale Maize LLC TCR series: 2023=2 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Ferndale Maize LLC falls in its industry

260 Grinding and milling botanical establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Grinding and milling botanical employers in Michigan.

Ferndale Maize LLC (176 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Ferndale Maize LLC
Ferndale Maize LLC (176 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 120 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Ferndale Maize LLC has more employees than the Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 3.4 3.4 10 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325411 · MI · Lake Orion

260 Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 37 employers in Lake Orion, 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 AMPAC Fine Chemicals LLC - Rancho Cordova 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trulieve Higdon Main 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trulieve Midway 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bountiful Farms Production 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Burnette Foods, Hartford 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gray & Company 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utica 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Summit Polymers Inc. - Syntech Plant 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orion Assembly 1,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-ZPON 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kay Automotive Graphics 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR Complete Automation 236 FTE
NAT-TCR Sub-Zero Hammersley 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Macomb Post Acute Care Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Farmville 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ziggy's Central Offices 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE TEAM Industries, Inc. 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Knoxville Lab 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vantage Specialty Chemicals 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rich Products Arlington 176 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. 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.