Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing · Michigan

Kalsec Distribution Center

Name: Kalsec Distribution Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalamazoo, MI · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 4.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kalsec Distribution Center runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kalsec Distribution Center: 1.3 TCR = 32% of Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalsec Distribution Center safety composite

Kalsec Distribution Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−2.6

2023→2024

Kalsec Distribution Center injury rate improved

Kalsec Distribution Center's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311942 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 32% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/13
PHOTO Excalibur Seasoning …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Excalibur Seasoning Company Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Morton Salt Gr

1.4
R. L. Schreibe

1.4
This site

1.3
Excalibur Seas

1.3
Morton Salt -

1.3

What this shows Kalsec Distribution Center averages 1.3 TCR (32% of the Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kalsec Distribution Center TCR series: 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.1

Where Kalsec Distribution Center falls in its industry

200 Extracts, food (except coffee, establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 13 Extracts, food (except coffee, employers in Michigan.

Kalsec Distribution Center (39 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Kalsec Distribution Center has fewer employees than the Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), ma median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	2.6	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311942 · MI · Kalamazoo

200 Extracts, food (except coffee, meat), manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Excalibur Seasoning Company Ltd	PEKIN, IL	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morton Salt - Manistee Plant	MANISTEE, MI	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morton Salt Grantsville	GRANTSVILLE, UT	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	R. L. Schreiber Inc. Lebanon KY	LEBANON, KY	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Mount Hope Dairy	GRAND RAPIDS	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CFI - Livonia	LIVONIA	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dart Facilities	STERLING HEIGHTS	39 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cripps Fontaine Excavating, INC	KALAMAZOO	39 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road	Kalamazoo	3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments	Kalamazoo	2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIKAL1	Kalamazoo	2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR	CR&R Incorporated Blythe	Blythe, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cook MFS Inc	Denver City, TX	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Universal Precast	Mobile, AL	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sungwon Orlando LLC	Orlando, FL	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative	Dongola, IL	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Symphony Square	Bala Cynwyd, PA	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gulfsr-Mchs-11975 Seaway Road Stea230	Gulfport, MS	39 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Danisi Fuel Co Inc	Medford, NY	39 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. 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.