Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufacturing · Michigan

George Koch Sons - Caledonia

Caledonia, MI · ~50 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

George Koch Sons - Caledonia runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

George Koch Sons - Caledonia: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

George Koch Sons - Caledonia safety composite

George Koch Sons - Caledonia 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−4.3

2016→2023

George Koch Sons - Caledonia injury rate improved

George Koch Sons - Caledonia's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333923 · Caledonia, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Ace Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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George Koch Sons - Caledonia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows George Koch Sons - Caledonia averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

George Koch Sons - Caledonia TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=1.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=2 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where George Koch Sons - Caledonia falls in its industry

157 Hoists (except aircraft loadin establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 9 Hoists (except aircraft loadin employers in Michigan.

George Koch Sons - Caledonia (50 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate George Koch Sons - Caledonia
George Koch Sons - Caledonia (50 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6

George Koch Sons - Caledonia has fewer employees than the Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.3 2.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333923 · MI · Caledonia

157 Hoists (except aircraft loading) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 39 employers in Caledonia, 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 Ace Industries, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acco MHS Inc York 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springfield Factory 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VERSALIFT SOUTHWEST TRUCK MOUNT 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - GRR1 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Wood 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspen Surgical 348 FTE
NAT-TCR Desert Mist Farms 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mertek Solutions, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR WheelWorx PEKIN 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR C-20-0010 Lock & Dam 53 Demolition 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Terra Mulch Products, LLC dba Profile Products, LLC 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Copco Holdings 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sahvya Foods, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nelcorp Electrical Contracting 50 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.