Bricks, concrete, manufacturing · Michigan

Kalamazoo Block Plant

Kalamazoo, MI · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo Block Plant runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bricks, concrete, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Kalamazoo Block Plant: 6.3 TCR = 190% of Bricks, concrete, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo Block Plant safety composite

Kalamazoo Block Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.7

2018→2024

Kalamazoo Block Plant injury rate improved

Kalamazoo Block Plant's TCR fell 8.7 from 13.0 in 2018 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327331 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 190% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Wyoming Block
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wyoming Block (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo Block Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo Block Plant averages 6.3 TCR (190% of the Bricks, concrete, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo Block Plant TCR series: 2018=13 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.3 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kalamazoo Block Plant falls in its industry

321 Bricks, concrete, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

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 Bricks, concrete, manufacturin employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Block Plant (22 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalamazoo Block Plant
Kalamazoo Block Plant (22 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Kalamazoo Block Plant has fewer employees than the Bricks, concrete, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 8.1 4.0 2 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 9.3 4.7 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.0 4.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327331 · MI · Kalamazoo

321 Bricks, concrete, manufacturing 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 Wyoming Block 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Basalite Tracy 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pavestone - DENB 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Shale Piney Flats 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 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 Adapt/Compass - Jackson Street locations 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Withers Tool, Die and Manufacturing Co. 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR PDK Construction 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR COD019 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gorham Store 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal West 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE SB Concrete, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE SC Voc Rehab Orangeburg 22 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.