Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing · Michigan

Hyperion West Branch

Name: Hyperion West Branch Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Branch, MI · ~113 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hyperion West Branch runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Hyperion West Branch: 1.5 TCR = 47% of Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hyperion West Branch safety composite

Hyperion West Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

Hyperion West Branch: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

Hyperion West Branch's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · West Branch, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 47% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #13/40
PHOTO AMAMCO Tool
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMAMCO Tool (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hyperion West Branch averages 1.5 TCR (47% of the Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Hyperion West Branch TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Hyperion West Branch falls in its industry

221 Blanks, cutting tool, manufact establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 40 Blanks, cutting tool, manufact employers in Michigan.

Hyperion West Branch (113 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Hyperion West Branch has more employees than the Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019	3.1	3.1	4	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · West Branch

221 Blanks, cutting tool, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 36 employers in West Branch, 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	AMAMCO Tool	LYMAN, SC	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Guhring, Inc. - Wisconsin	BROOKFIELD, WI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Guhring Inc	BROOKFIELD, WI, WI	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sandvik Coromant	MEBANE, NC	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Schaendorf Custom Farming	HOPKINS	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	A&H Plant NRI	ST. CLAIR SHORES	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Municipal	MARSHALL	113 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kaltz Excavating	PONTIAC	113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	5159	West Branch	337 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5159	West Branch	304 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MidMichigan Medical Center - West Branch	West Branch	292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Griffin Beverage CO West Branch	West Branch	129 FTE
NAT-TCR	US TX Arlington Plant	Arlington, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Royal Care Senior Living	Staunton, VA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	297 - Crossroads	Omaha, NE	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	141 - Watertown-NY	Watertown, NY	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Store 0465	Orlando, FL	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US WI Menomonee Falls Plant	Menomonee Falls, WI	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US NV Fernley Plant	Fernley, NV	113 FTE
NAT-SIZE	182 - Joplin	Joplin, MO	113 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. 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.