Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

Kalamazoo Mi

Kalamazoo, MI · ~80 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo Mi runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Kalamazoo Mi: 6.6 TCR = 299% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo Mi safety composite

Kalamazoo Mi scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.0

2016→2024

Kalamazoo Mi injury rate improved

Kalamazoo Mi's TCR fell 2.0 from 8.2 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=6.0 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=6.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 299% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #27/48
  • PHOTO 2011 - Montebello
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2011 - Montebello (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo Mi in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo Mi averages 6.6 TCR (299% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo Mi TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=6 · 2020=5 · 2021=5 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Kalamazoo Mi falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 48 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Mi (80 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalamazoo Mi
Kalamazoo Mi (80 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Kalamazoo Mi has more employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 6.3 5.2 6 0 0
2023 10.6 10.6 10 0 0
2022 7.7 6.6 7 0 0
2021 5.0 5.0 4 0 0
2020 5.0 2.5 4 0 0
2019 6.0 6.0 5 0 0
2018 6.7 5.6 6 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 3 0 0
2016 8.2 7.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · MI · Kalamazoo

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers 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 2011 - Montebello 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7198-00800440 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHICAGO METRO 35TH ST 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FL - Boynton Beach - 4895 Park Ridge Blvd - The American Bottling Company 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Country Dairy, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Area Energy Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howell SC 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE AL'S ASPHALT PAVING CO 80 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 CINCINNATI 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Short North Stage 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Applied Membranes, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryland Paper Company 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blue Springs Metals 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri Pointe Homes Colorado 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Collins Jewell Company,Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charlotte,NC - 231 80 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.