Canned nuts manufacturing · Michigan
Kar's Nut Products
Madison Heights, MI · ~239 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kar's Nut Products runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Canned nuts manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Kar's Nut Products: 3.7 TCR = 91% of Canned nuts manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kar's Nut Products safety composite
Kar's Nut Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% 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
−3.4
2022→2024
Kar's Nut Products injury rate improved
Kar's Nut Products's TCR fell 3.4 from 5.4 in 2022 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=5.4 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311911 · Madison Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 91% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #10/11
- PHOTO Lubbock Industrial
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~239 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lubbock Industrial (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kar's Nut Products in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Lubbock Indust
Lubbock Industrial
3.8 TCR
- El Dorado Almo
El Dorado Almonds, LLC
3.8 TCR
- This site
Kar's Nut Products
3.7 TCR
- 046-PL001
046-PL001
3.7 TCR
- Superior Nut C
Superior Nut Co., Inc.
3.6 TCR
What this shows Kar's Nut Products averages 3.7 TCR (91% of the Canned nuts manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Kar's Nut Products TCR series: 2022=5.4 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=2 · BLS 4.1
Where Kar's Nut Products falls in its industry
150 Canned nuts manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Canned nuts manufacturing employers in Michigan.
Kar's Nut Products has more employees than the Canned nuts manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311911 · MI · Madison Heights
150 Canned nuts manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Madison Heights, 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 | Lubbock Industrial | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 046-PL001 | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | El Dorado Almonds, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Nut Co., Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Universal Contracting Services | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tower Automotive Clinton Township | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ZF-Fenton | 239 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Metal Flow Corporation | 239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MADISON HEIGHTS (MIMAD) | 774 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIMAD - MADISON HEIGHTS | 749 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIDET183 | 668 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS | 509 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CalmaxTechnology02 | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Warwick Publishing Company | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 90008150 South Coast Rail C7/ Skanska-D.W. White Joint Venture | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Life Care Center of Columbia | 3.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Savannah Machinery Workshop (SMW) | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Red Cross - 209 Farmington Ave | 239 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amcor Flexibles Shelbyville-Liquids | 239 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.