Food banks · Michigan

Food Bank of South Central Michigan

Name: Food Bank of South Central Michigan Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Battle Creek, MI · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 29.7
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Food Bank of South Central Michigan runs at 781% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food banks workplace, earning a grade F.

Food Bank of South Central Michigan: 29.7 TCR = 781% of Food banks BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Food Bank of South Central Michigan safety composite

Food Bank of South Central Michigan 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 29.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Food Bank of South Central Michigan: 23.5 → 35.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 35.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.17× in 2017

Food Bank of South Central Michigan's TCR rose 12.3 from 23.5 in 2016 to 35.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624210 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 29.7 · 781% of ind

DART 5.1 DART
RANK #10/10
PHOTO Emergency Food Bank
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Emergency Food Bank (2.3 TCR gap)

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29.7
Emergency Food

27.4
River Bend Foo

26.6
Project Angel

20.7
NON-PROFIT

17.3

What this shows Food Bank of South Central Michigan averages 29.7 TCR (781% of the Food banks BLS benchmark).

Food Bank of South Central Michigan TCR series: 2016=23.5 · 2017=35.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Food Bank of South Central Michigan falls in its industry

147 Food banks establishments

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

Grade F

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 10 Food banks employers in Michigan.

Food Bank of South Central Michigan (26 employees, TCR 29.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Food Bank of South Central Michigan has fewer employees than the Food banks 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
2017	35.8	5.1	7	0	0
2016	23.5	0.0	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624210 · MI · Battle Creek

147 Food banks employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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	Emergency Food Bank	STOCKTON, CA	27.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	River Bend Foodbank	DAVENPORT, IA	26.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Project Angel Food	LOS ANGELES, CA	20.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NON-PROFIT	EUREKA, CA	17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Walther Farms Cass City	CASS CITY	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United States Gypsum	TAWAS	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Genesee Power Station	FLINT	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bronson SC	BRONSON	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Denso Manufacturing of Michigan	Battle Creek	2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BRONSON BATTLE CREEK	Battle Creek	1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office	Battle Creek	1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	I I Stanley Co., Inc.	Battle Creek	729 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cornerstone Residence of Fosston	Fosston, MN	29.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trader Joe's 0215 Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	29.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Resource Center - Hunt Road	Jamestown, NY	29.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Waters of Shelbyville, LLC	Shelbyville, TN	29.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	0765 - Roseburg, or	Roseburg, OR	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0391 - Avondale, Az	Avondale, AZ	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0215 - Philadelphia, Pa	Philadelphia, PA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0213 - Jacksonville West, Fl	Jacksonville, FL	26 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.