Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Kendall Electric - EKDC

Portage, MI · ~143 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kendall Electric - EKDC runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Kendall Electric - EKDC: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kendall Electric - EKDC safety composite

Kendall Electric - EKDC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kendall Electric - EKDC: 1.5 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2020

Kendall Electric - EKDC's TCR rose 1.2 from 1.5 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Portage, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #19/30
  • PHOTO Amarillo
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amarillo (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kendall Electric - EKDC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kendall Electric - EKDC averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Kendall Electric - EKDC TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Kendall Electric - EKDC falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 30 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Michigan.

Kendall Electric - EKDC (143 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kendall Electric - EKDC
Kendall Electric - EKDC (143 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Kendall Electric - EKDC has more employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2019 3.4 2.7 4 1 0
2018 3.6 2.9 5 0 0
2016 1.5 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · MI · Portage

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, 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 Amarillo 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main Electric Supply Company LLC - Fairfield, CA 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 054 Alexandria 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mayer Electric Supply Company, Inc. - Birmingham 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Niles Industrial Coatings LLC 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hazekamp Meats Inc. 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coveris Battle Creek 143 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barden Assembly 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments - 1941 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Medical 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers, Inc. 1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
NAT-TCR Grande Communications Austin 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Waterford Public Schools - Clark Lane Middle School 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bally'S Atlantic City Hotel and Casino 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ABC Recovery Center, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Swg South Ops Office 0021-Fac49 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pryor Chemical Company 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vulcan Hart 143 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sequel of New Mexico LLC 143 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, 2016. 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.