Paper and Paperboard · Michigan

Kalamazoo MI Mill

Kalamazoo, MI · ~454 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo MI Mill runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Paper and Paperboard workplace, earning a grade B.

Kalamazoo MI Mill: 2.0 TCR = 60% of Paper and Paperboard BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo MI Mill safety composite

Kalamazoo MI Mill scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.3

2022→2024

Kalamazoo MI Mill injury rate improved

Kalamazoo MI Mill's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.6 in 2022 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.6 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322130 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #6/11
  • PHOTO Wisconsin Paperboard
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~454 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wisconsin Paperboard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo MI Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo MI Mill averages 2.0 TCR (60% of the Paper and Paperboard BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo MI Mill TCR series: 2022=2.6 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kalamazoo MI Mill falls in its industry

181 Paper and Paperboard establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 11 Paper and Paperboard employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo MI Mill (454 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kalamazoo MI Mill
Kalamazoo MI Mill (454 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 138 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Kalamazoo MI Mill has more employees than the Paper and Paperboard median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 1.3 0.8 7 0 0
2023 2.0 1.6 10 1 0
2022 2.6 0.8 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322130 · MI · Kalamazoo

181 Paper and 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 Wisconsin Paperboard 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caraustar Mill 2 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barrington Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Oakfield 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Allegan County 454 FTE
STATE-SIZE Road Commission for Oakland County 453 FTE
STATE-SIZE AirBoss Flexible Products 455 FTE
STATE-SIZE DTRTMIBHDS0 453 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 Holset Palmetto Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Res Fire Sprinkler LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TMX2562 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lva Suites 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Longview 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carvana Haines City 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fox Factory 454 FTE
NAT-SIZE SABIC Selkirk 454 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. 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.