Armor plate made in iron and steel mills · Michigan

Kenona Industries, LLC

Grand Rapids, MI · ~140 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kenona Industries, LLC runs at 262% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Armor plate made in iron and steel mills workplace, earning a grade F.

Kenona Industries, LLC: 8.6 TCR = 262% of Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kenona Industries, LLC safety composite

Kenona Industries, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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%).

Kenona Industries, LLC held a steady TCR band

Kenona Industries, LLC's TCR held near 0.0 from 8.6 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=8.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 262% of ind

  • DART 8.1 DART
  • RANK #21/25
  • PHOTO Liberty Forge, Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liberty Forge, Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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Kenona Industries, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kenona Industries, LLC averages 8.6 TCR (262% of the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills BLS benchmark).

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

Kenona Industries, LLC TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=8.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Kenona Industries, LLC falls in its industry

416 Armor plate made in iron and s establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 25 Armor plate made in iron and s employers in Michigan.

Kenona Industries, LLC (140 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kenona Industries, LLC
Kenona Industries, LLC (140 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Kenona Industries, LLC has fewer employees than the Armor plate made in iron and steel mills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2017 8.6 8.1 13 2 0
2016 8.6 8.1 13 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · MI · Grand Rapids

416 Armor plate made in iron and steel mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Liberty Forge, Inc 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Fabricators 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ever-Roll Specialties Co 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferrolux Metals Co. 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Triangle Electric Company 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE 056-PL001 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE H.C. Starck Solutions 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshall, MI 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Kingston (Nykin) 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Newark Group - Caraustar York 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DHS of Blount County, LLC 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Feedmill 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Intralox, LLC - Savage, MD 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avantara Crown Point 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glens Falls (Nygle) 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Charlotte (Flpoc) 140 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: 2017, 2016. 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.