Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum · Michigan
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI · ~183 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum workplace, earning a grade B.
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo: 2.4 TCR = 74% of Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo safety composite
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo: 0.6 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2020
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331318 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 74% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #6/13
- PHOTO Western Extrusions C…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~183 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Western Extrusions Corp (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Pennex Aluminu
Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC. (Leetonia Operations)
2.5 TCR
- This site
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo
2.4 TCR
- Western Extrus
Western Extrusions Corp
2.4 TCR
- Hydro Burlingt
Hydro Burlington
2.4 TCR
- Ascend
Ascend
2.4 TCR
What this shows Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo averages 2.4 TCR (74% of the Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum BLS benchmark).
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo falls in its industry
204 Bar made by extruding purchase establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Bar made by extruding purchase employers in Michigan.
Kaiser Aluminum - Kalamazoo has more employees than the Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331318 · MI · Kalamazoo
204 Bar made by extruding purchased aluminum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 | Western Extrusions Corp | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pennex Aluminum Company, LLC. (Leetonia Operations) | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hydro Burlington | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ascend | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Walther Farms LLC | 183 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wyoming Manufacturing Facility - KNA | 183 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lear Corporation - Farwell | 183 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East Jordan Plastics Beaverton | 183 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | White Construction Group | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | T.E.A.M. Systems (Toledo) | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Transport - 616 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rubber Engineering and Development Co Inc | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bind-Rite Services Inc. | 183 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BP Texas City Chemicals | 183 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Health New Vision Medical Lab | 183 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Municipal Energy Services Agency | 183 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.