Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Michigan

HB Fuller

Walker, MI · ~78 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HB Fuller runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

HB Fuller: 5.9 TCR = 179% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HB Fuller safety composite

HB Fuller scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−10.7

2021→2024

HB Fuller injury rate improved

HB Fuller's TCR fell 10.7 from 14.7 in 2021 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 14.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.7 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Walker, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 179% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #19/24
  • PHOTO Functional Coatings …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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HB Fuller in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HB Fuller averages 5.9 TCR (179% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

HB Fuller TCR series: 2021=14.7 · 2022=2.4 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where HB Fuller falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 24 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Michigan.

HB Fuller (78 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 HB Fuller
HB Fuller (78 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

HB Fuller has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2024 4.0 4.0 3 0 0
2023 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2022 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2021 14.7 13.2 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MI · Walker

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 67 employers in Walker, 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 Functional Coatings LLC Newburyport Facility 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENKEL US OPERATIONS CORP 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olympic Adhesives, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volunteer Pastilles, LLC Lake Charles Plant 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Mast Greenhouses Inc. 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE St. Joseph Office and Service Center 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE Signal Restoration USA 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Enclosure Company, LLC 78 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DGR1 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR BHI Bissell Homecare Inc. 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walker Stamping & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 1) 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids 465 FTE
NAT-TCR SYGMA Carolina-Charlotte 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Data Electronic Devices 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Electric, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mike's Micro Parts, Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE NJD Delivery services 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avila Valley Barn 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medical Management Health and Rehab 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thames River School 78 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, 2021. 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.