Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard · Michigan
Kalamazoo Mfg
Kalamazoo, MI · ~225 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kalamazoo Mfg runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard workplace, earning a grade D.
Kalamazoo Mfg: 4.4 TCR = 133% of Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kalamazoo Mfg safety composite
Kalamazoo Mfg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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
Kalamazoo Mfg: 3.7 → 9.8 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.88× in 2021
Kalamazoo Mfg's TCR rose 6.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 322211 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 133% of ind
- DART 8.3 DART
- RANK #38/60
- PHOTO akers packaging serv…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~225 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: akers packaging service inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kalamazoo Mfg in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kalamazoo Mfg
4.4 TCR
- akers packagin
akers packaging service inc
4.4 TCR
- Akers Packagin
Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division
4.4 TCR
- ACME Box Compa
ACME Box Company
4.4 TCR
- COLUMBUS, IN
COLUMBUS, IN
4.4 TCR
What this shows Kalamazoo Mfg averages 4.4 TCR (133% of the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard BLS benchmark).
Kalamazoo Mfg TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=9.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Kalamazoo Mfg falls in its industry
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 60 Boxes, corrugated and solid fi employers in Michigan.
Kalamazoo Mfg has more employees than the Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
322211 · MI · Kalamazoo
1,338 Boxes, corrugated and solid fiber, made from purchased paper or paperboard 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 | akers packaging service inc | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Akers Packaging Service Group - Van Wert Division | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ACME Box Company | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | COLUMBUS, IN | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hearthside Food Solutions - H2 | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eagle Industries, Inc. | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Skyway Precision, Inc. | 225 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LGENSOL (Hazel Park) | 225 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 | TR-TR-TRYON | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morganton Office | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Bethune-Cookman University | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PrairieLand Partners - Wamego | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 756 Field Operations Administration | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 0310 | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McGuire's Irish Pub, Inc | 225 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Manor Care Health Services Palm Harbor | 225 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.