Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials · Michigan

Fryman's Recycling

Dowagiac, MI · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fryman's Recycling runs at 58% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials workplace, earning a grade B.

Fryman's Recycling: 1.9 TCR = 58% of Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fryman's Recycling safety composite

Fryman's Recycling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−5.8

2022→2024

Fryman's Recycling injury rate improved

Fryman's Recycling's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · Dowagiac, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 58% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/20
  • PHOTO ACC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ACC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fryman's Recycling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fryman's Recycling averages 1.9 TCR (58% of the Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials BLS benchmark).

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

Fryman's Recycling TCR series: 2022=5.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Fryman's Recycling falls in its industry

342 Plastics resins compounding fr establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

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 20 Plastics resins compounding fr employers in Michigan.

Fryman's Recycling (36 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fryman's Recycling
Fryman's Recycling (36 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Fryman's Recycling has fewer employees than the Plastics resins compounding from recycle median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · MI · Dowagiac

342 Plastics resins compounding from recycled materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Dowagiac, 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 ACC 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Altium Packaging - Chino 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HP1 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Color Technologies LLC. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE R & R ASPHALT INC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Water Energy Center 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Haven Office 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADD, INC 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dowagiac Campus 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam - Dowagiac 256 FTE
NAT-TCR Merrick Industries, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Danfoss LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LW Scientific 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennex Aluminum Company - Leetonia 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fishers IN 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Snider Fleet Solutions - Richland Walker Cir 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE D.R. Mozeley Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mold Craft 36 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, 2022. 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.