Hardware MFG · Michigan

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer

Grand Rapids, MI · ~145 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware MFG workplace, earning a grade F.

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Hardware MFG BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer safety composite

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−1.9

2016→2017

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer injury rate improved

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer's TCR fell 1.9 from 8.0 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #10/13
  • PHOTO Sargent Manufacturing
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~145 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sargent Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Hardware MFG BLS benchmark).

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

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer falls in its industry

189 Hardware MFG establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 13 Hardware MFG employers in Michigan.

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer (145 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer
Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer (145 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Flexco Clipper Belt Lacer has more employees than the Hardware MFG median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2017 6.2 4.6 8 0 0
2016 8.0 5.3 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · MI · Grand Rapids

189 Hardware MFG employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Sargent Manufacturing 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Metals 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudson Lock, LLC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Van's Aircraft Inc. 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dutchman Tree Farms LLC 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Northeast 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grunwell-Cashero Co 145 FTE
STATE-SIZE Valley Electrical Contractors Inc. 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR 0187 - Burbank, Il 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Provide A Ride 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St Louis Air Gateway (Mober) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paramount Senior Care Centers at San Antonio 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Front Royal (Vafro) 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomington (Ilblo) 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Park Fs (Gafrp) 145 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Texas Operations 145 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.