Machine shops · Michigan

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

Cassopolis, MI · ~63 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade C.

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. safety composite

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.: 1.4 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.53× in 2024

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 1.4 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Cassopolis, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #31/111
  • PHOTO HUNTER MACHINE INC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HUNTER MACHINE INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.4 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 111 Machine shops employers in Michigan.

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.
K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. (63 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

K & M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 3.1 1.6 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 7.1 7.1 5 0 0
2016 1.4 1.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MI · Cassopolis

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 14 employers in Cassopolis, 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 HUNTER MACHINE INC 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Machine Shop 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FMT, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jade Equipment Corp. 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DeGrandchamps Blueberry Farm 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Macomb 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE NHI Commercial 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gerber Construction Co. Inc. 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Postle Extrusion 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Energy Cooperative 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cass County Medical Care Facility 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Energy & Communications 137 FTE
NAT-TCR Vcf 027 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1138 LKQ Bonifay 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Universal Forest Products 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunright America 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 10301 North Service Road 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corner Market #6065 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE GL 7114 USS Kearsarge 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commonwealth Senior Living at Front Royal 63 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, 2022, 2016. 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.