Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

KC Jones Brazing

Warren, MI · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KC Jones Brazing runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

KC Jones Brazing: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KC Jones Brazing safety composite

KC Jones Brazing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

KC Jones Brazing held a steady TCR band

KC Jones Brazing's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.5 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Warren, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/43
  • PHOTO J.W. Harris Co., Inc…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage (0.0 TCR gap)

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KC Jones Brazing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KC Jones Brazing averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

KC Jones Brazing TCR series: 2018=4.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where KC Jones Brazing falls in its industry

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 43 Brazing (i.e., hardening) meta employers in Michigan.

KC Jones Brazing (23 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate KC Jones Brazing
KC Jones Brazing (23 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

KC Jones Brazing has fewer employees than the Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and met median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Warren

248 Brazing (i.e., hardening) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 290 employers in Warren, 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 J.W. Harris Co., Inc. - Carthage 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Chicago Plant 2 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dowa THT America, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Improvement Company LLC 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Technical Center 22,693 FTE
CITY-NEAR GM Global Technical Center 21,000 FTE
CITY-NEAR Warren Truck Assembly Plant 3,804 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIDET153 1,903 FTE
NAT-TCR Volunteer Behavioral Health Care Services-Mufreesboro Corporate 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Morningside Of Pekin 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FMT, Inc. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Monroe Township, NJ 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE SOFIE -Romeoville 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 583 - Las Vegas-Int Branch 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 565 - Fort Worth-Int Branch 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thunder Run Concrete LLC 23 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.