Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing · Michigan

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc.

Caledonia, MI · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 103% of Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. safety composite

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc.: 3.8 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.33× in 2023

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.7 from 3.8 in 2021 to 4.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325611 · Caledonia, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 103% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Dental Technologies,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dental Technologies, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (103% of the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. TCR series: 2021=3.8 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. falls in its industry

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, employers in Michigan.

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc.
Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. (49 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Hydro-Chem Systems, Inc. has fewer employees than the Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industria median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 4.5 4.5 2 0 0
2022 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325611 · MI · Caledonia

240 Detergents (e.g., dishwashing, industrial, laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 39 employers in Caledonia, 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 Dental Technologies, Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Method- People Against Dirty 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warsaw Chemical Holdings LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOJO Wooster Campus 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1003 Canal St 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller-Davis Company 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gundlach Champion, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLOSNER CONSTRUCTION & SALES INC 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - GRR1 2,666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Wood 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 354 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspen Surgical 348 FTE
NAT-TCR Iw@G Inc. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR KVC KY Morehead 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR QSI Glen Allen 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Southington #203 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Saint Joseph PACE 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stanley Miller Construction Co Main 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scalfo Electric Inc. 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electro Cycle INC. 49 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: 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.