Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing · Michigan

HD Hudson Manufacturing

Name: HD Hudson Manufacturing Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lowell, MI · ~93 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HD Hudson Manufacturing runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

HD Hudson Manufacturing: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HD Hudson Manufacturing safety composite

HD Hudson Manufacturing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.6

2023→2024

HD Hudson Manufacturing injury rate improved

HD Hudson Manufacturing's TCR fell 5.6 from 5.6 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Lowell, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/6
PHOTO Waterloo Works Drive…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Waterloo Works

2.8
KZ Valve, LLC

2.8
Wetherell Mfg

2.8
Hunke Manufact

2.8

What this shows HD Hudson Manufacturing averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

HD Hudson Manufacturing TCR series: 2023=5.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where HD Hudson Manufacturing falls in its industry

433 Sprayers and dusters, farm-typ establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade C

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 6 Sprayers and dusters, farm-typ employers in Michigan.

HD Hudson Manufacturing (93 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

HD Hudson Manufacturing has more employees than the Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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	5.6	5.6	5	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · MI · Lowell

433 Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Lowell, 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	Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations	WATERLOO, IA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	KZ Valve, LLC	GREENWOOD, NE	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wetherell Mfg Co, Inc	CLEGHORN, IA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hunke Manufacturing LLC	SNYDER, NE	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Trenton Channel Power Point	TRENTON	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Presque Isle Electric & Gas Coop	ONAWAY	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Michigan UCI	WIXOM	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	13001 Merriman Rd., Livonia, MI 48150	LIVONIA	93 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lowell Area Schools	Lowell	420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Litehouse Inc. - Lowell	Lowell	373 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Litehouse Foods Inc	Lowell	320 FTE
CITY-NEAR	205 - Lowell	Lowell	273 FTE
NAT-TCR	USA West Palm Beach 2005 Belvedere Rd	West Palm Beach, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Action Gypsum Supply West Hayward	Houston, TX	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chem Technologies, Ltd.	Middlefield, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sugarman of Vermont LLC	Hardwick, VT	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	ECR International	Dunkirk, NY	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kinney Contractors Inc	Raymond, IL	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Speed Fab-Crete	Kennedale, TX	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	West Elementary	Hutchinson, MN	93 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. 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.