Grocery stores · Michigan

Hardings Markets 902

Name: Hardings Markets 902 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalamazoo, MI · ~48 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hardings Markets 902 runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Hardings Markets 902: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardings Markets 902 safety composite

Hardings Markets 902 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Hardings Markets 902 held a steady TCR band

Hardings Markets 902's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #126/536
PHOTO Store #14
BOOK 5y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store #14 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carlie C's IGA

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What this shows Hardings Markets 902 averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Hardings Markets 902 TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=4 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Hardings Markets 902 falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 536 Grocery stores employers in Michigan.

Hardings Markets 902 (48 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Hardings Markets 902 has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	4.0	4.0	1
2019	9.2	9.2	3
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MI · Kalamazoo

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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	Store #14	NEWTON, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store #46	CAMERON, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store #92	WHITESBORO, TX	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carlie C's IGA #870	BENSON, NC	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sietsema Farms	ALLENDALE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry	MARQUETTE	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Packing Co	KEWADIN	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Top Grade Aggregates, LLC	HAMILTON	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road	Kalamazoo	3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments	Kalamazoo	2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIKAL1	Kalamazoo	2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amerhart Ltd. - Pekin	Pekin, IL	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metro Sales Inc. St. Cloud	St. Cloud, MN	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Southwest Human Development	Phoenix, AZ	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	SCI Columbia, LLC	Columbia, MO	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Almo Distributing Texas	Wilmer, TX	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Red Hook Brewery	Portsmouth, NH	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	B&N Welding & Fabrication, Inc.	Plant City, FL	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Commonwealth Environmental Systems, LP	Hegins, PA	48 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.