Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Michigan

Fraser Metal Forming

Fraser, MI · ~169 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fraser Metal Forming runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade D.

Fraser Metal Forming: 5.3 TCR = 162% of Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fraser Metal Forming safety composite

Fraser Metal Forming scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2016→2017

Fraser Metal Forming injury rate improved

Fraser Metal Forming's TCR fell 3.3 from 7.0 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2017=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Fraser, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 162% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #13/21
  • PHOTO LFC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LFC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fraser Metal Forming in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fraser Metal Forming averages 5.3 TCR (162% of the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Fraser Metal Forming TCR series: 2016=7 · 2017=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Fraser Metal Forming falls in its industry

241 Cold forgings made from purcha establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 21 Cold forgings made from purcha employers in Michigan.

Fraser Metal Forming (169 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fraser Metal Forming
Fraser Metal Forming (169 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Fraser Metal Forming has more employees than the Cold forgings made from purchased iron o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 3.7 2.1 7 0 0
2016 7.0 1.8 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · MI · Fraser

241 Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 40 employers in Fraser, 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 LFC 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winzeler Custom Stamping 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sypris Technologies 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIFCO Forge 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mt. Clements Service center 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rauhorn Electric, Inc. 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE CorrChoice LLC 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE KTM Industries, Inc 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia - Fraser 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia Fraser 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 145 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Healthmark Industries Co. 287 FTE
NAT-TCR 3620 Sws of Ga-Brunswick 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100415 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FRS 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Greeley Car Care 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Giant Food Stores 6309 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMet Center Bus Maintenance Building 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pyramid Minneapolis Management LLC 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Automation and Controls : GA - RCR - Rochester, NY 169 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.