Ice cream manufacturing · Michigan

House of Flavors Ludington

Ludington, MI · ~204 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

House of Flavors Ludington runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ice cream manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

House of Flavors Ludington: 8.8 TCR = 266% of Ice cream manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

House of Flavors Ludington safety composite

House of Flavors Ludington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−2.1

2016→2020

House of Flavors Ludington injury rate improved

House of Flavors Ludington's TCR fell 2.1 from 10.2 in 2016 to 8.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=8.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311520 · Ludington, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 266% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Bliss Microcreamery …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~204 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bliss Microcreamery Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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House of Flavors Ludington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows House of Flavors Ludington averages 8.8 TCR (266% of the Ice cream manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

House of Flavors Ludington TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2019=8 · 2020=8.1 · BLS 3.3

Where House of Flavors Ludington falls in its industry

111 Ice cream manufacturing establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Ice cream manufacturing employers in Michigan.

House of Flavors Ludington (204 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate House of Flavors Ludington
House of Flavors Ludington (204 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 139 employees and a TCR of 4.8

House of Flavors Ludington has more employees than the Ice cream manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2020 8.1 1.2 19 2 0
2019 8.0 2.8 19 1 0
2016 10.2 6.8 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311520 · MI · Ludington

111 Ice cream manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 55 employers in Ludington, 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 Bliss Microcreamery Corporation 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thrifty Ice Cream 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Norfolk IC 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCHOEP'S ICE CREAM - DIVISION STREET 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Redford Service Center 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gemini Plastics, Inc. 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE thyssenkrupp System Engineering, Inc 204 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 6659 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2102 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ludington 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2102 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Ross store 410 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Heartland of Miamisburg 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2232 - Chicago North 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 905MIL 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Harrisonburg Transportation Department (Admin) 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1166 - North Plainfield Nj Whse 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE DI - RASM-W Ft Hood 204 FTE
NAT-SIZE E A Sween Company-Direct Store Delivery 204 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: 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.