Community colleges · Michigan
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo, MI · ~1,197 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kalamazoo Valley Community College runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Community colleges workplace, earning a grade D.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College: 1.7 TCR = 121% of Community colleges BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kalamazoo Valley Community College safety composite
Kalamazoo Valley Community College scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 1.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% 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%).
Kalamazoo Valley Community College held a steady TCR band
Kalamazoo Valley Community College's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.7 in 2018 to 1.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=1.7 · 2019=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611210 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 1.7 · 121% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO Elkhorn Campus
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~1,197 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elkhorn Campus (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kalamazoo Valley Community College in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
1.7 TCR
- Elkhorn Campus
Elkhorn Campus
1.7 TCR
- Minnesota Stat
Minnesota State College Southeast Red Wing Campus
1.7 TCR
- Northwestern M
Northwestern Michigan College - 28999
1.7 TCR
- Liberal Arts C
Liberal Arts Campus and Pacific Coast Campus
1.7 TCR
What this shows Kalamazoo Valley Community College averages 1.7 TCR (121% of the Community colleges BLS benchmark).
Kalamazoo Valley Community College TCR series: 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.7 · BLS 1.4
Where Kalamazoo Valley Community College falls in its industry
127 Community colleges establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Community colleges employers in Michigan.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College has more employees than the Community colleges median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611210 · MI · Kalamazoo
127 Community colleges 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 | Elkhorn Campus | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minnesota State College Southeast Red Wing Campus | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Liberal Arts Campus and Pacific Coast Campus | 1.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Main Campus | 1,198 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henry Ford- Jackson Downtown Campus | 1,201 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Williams International, LLC (HQ) | 1,206 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MICHIGAN METROPLEX_1445732 | 1,188 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 | Honeywell Genesis Cable | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Arc Machines Inc | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MCI-SPUSA | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | General Mills (Wellston) | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakewood | 1,197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lindt & Sprungli (USA) Inc. | 1,197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital | 1,197 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC Romeoville | 1,197 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.