Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) · Michigan

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater

Name: H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Coldwater, MI · ~137 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) workplace, earning a grade B.

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater safety composite

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

Rising injury rate

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater: 2.1 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2019

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater's TCR rose 1.8 from 2.1 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331492 · Coldwater, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Howmet Aerospace - C…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~137 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Howmet Aerospace - Canton Operations TPD (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3

What this shows H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) BLS benchmark).

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=4 · BLS 3.3

Where H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater falls in its industry

132 Alloying purchased nonferrous establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Alloying purchased nonferrous employers in Michigan.

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater (137 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.7

H.C. Starck, Inc. - Coldwater has more employees than the Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (ex median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2019	4.0	0.8	5
2018	1.7	0.8	2
2017	1.7	0.0	2
2016	2.1	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331492 · MI · Coldwater

132 Alloying purchased nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 64 employers in Coldwater, 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	Howmet Aerospace - Canton Operations TPD	CANTON, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jabil Environmental Technologies (JET)	MEMPHIS, TN	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fusion, Incorporated - Plant 2	WILLOUGHBY, OH	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EnviroFocus Technologies LLC, DBA Gopher Resource	TAMPA, FL	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	3254_6251	WYOMING	137 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Energy & Communications	CASSOPOLIS	137 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0274 - Int. Doors-Grand Rapids	GRAND RAPIDS	137 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Almond Products	SPRING LAKE	137 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Coldwater Facility	Coldwater	926 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6043	Coldwater	912 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 6043	Coldwater	795 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital	Coldwater	537 FTE
NAT-TCR	TVW Inc	Hillsboro, OR	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bulls Gap	Bulls Gap, TN	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CooperVision Scottsville	Scottsville, NY	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cob General Government	Bridgeport, CT	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Bbs Ar	Bentonville, AR	137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center	Framingham, MA	137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CORTEC	Houma, LA	137 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MN,CANBY - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Canby, MN	137 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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