Concrete batch plants (including temporary) · Michigan

Kalamazoo Ready Mix

Kalamazoo, MI · ~19 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kalamazoo Ready Mix runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Concrete batch plants (including temporary) workplace, earning a grade D.

Kalamazoo Ready Mix: 5.3 TCR = 159% of Concrete batch plants (including temporary) BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo Ready Mix safety composite

Kalamazoo Ready Mix scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−1.2

2018→2024

Kalamazoo Ready Mix injury rate improved

Kalamazoo Ready Mix's TCR fell 1.2 from 6.0 in 2018 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.0 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327320 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 159% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/43
  • PHOTO Northside Yard 120
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northside Yard 120 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kalamazoo Ready Mix in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kalamazoo Ready Mix averages 5.3 TCR (159% of the Concrete batch plants (including temporary) BLS benchmark).

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

Kalamazoo Ready Mix TCR series: 2018=6 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kalamazoo Ready Mix falls in its industry

1,316 Concrete batch plants (includi establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 43 Concrete batch plants (includi employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Ready Mix (19 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 Ready Mix
Kalamazoo Ready Mix (19 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Kalamazoo Ready Mix has fewer employees than the Concrete batch plants (including tempora median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 10.2 5.1 2 0 0
2019 11.3 5.7 2 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327320 · MI · Kalamazoo

1,316 Concrete batch plants (including temporary) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Northside Yard 120 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thomas Redi Mix Rockwell Rd Location 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kloepfer Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spragues' Rock & Sand 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Everbest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Greenhouse) 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rieth-Riley - Houghton Lake 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arenac County Road Commission 19 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 Hal Jones Contractor 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR SC Voc Rehab Aiken 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 8GT Door Systems Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sabel Steel Newnan GA 5.3 TCR

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.