Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade · Michigan

Kepco, Inc

Vicksburg, MI · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
19.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Kepco, Inc runs at 581% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Kepco, Inc: 19.2 TCR = 581% of Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kepco, Inc safety composite

Kepco, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−11.9

2021→2023

Kepco, Inc injury rate improved

Kepco, Inc's TCR fell 11.9 from 32.2 in 2021 to 20.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 32.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=32.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=20.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Vicksburg, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 19.2 · 581% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #48/48
  • PHOTO Accent Metals Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Accent Metals Inc (1.4 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Michigan employers → · Look up another →

Kepco, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kepco, Inc averages 19.2 TCR (581% of the Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Kepco, Inc TCR series: 2021=32.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=20.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Kepco, Inc falls in its industry

585 Electroplating metals and form establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 48 Electroplating metals and form employers in Michigan.

Kepco, Inc (22 employees, TCR 19.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Kepco, Inc
Kepco, Inc (22 employees, TCR 19.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Kepco, Inc has fewer employees than the Electroplating metals and formed product median and a higher 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
2023 20.4 6.8 3 0 0
2022 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2021 32.2 5.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MI · Vicksburg

585 Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 6 employers in Vicksburg, 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 Accent Metals Inc 17.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Electro-Coatings of California, Inc. 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR A1 Polishing and Finishing 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reilly Plating Co. 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers - Plant Eight 364 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers Inc. Plant 8 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1999 FAMILY FARE, Vicksburg PREVO'S #38-3345860 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAM2 International LLC 35 FTE
NAT-TCR Finnmark Property Services-SEA 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Annapolis 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4795-Ea-Sba-Santa Barbara-Sba-Trml 19.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Elaine's Pet Resorts Madera 19.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hockaday Mechanical Corporation 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid Island Steel Corp 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pueblo Facility 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bowen Engineering and Environmental 22 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.