Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise

Bay City, MI · ~95 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise: 5.1 TCR = 156% of Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise safety composite

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise: 3.2 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise's TCR rose 3.8 from 3.2 in 2023 to 7.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332919 · Bay City, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 156% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK P19
  • PHOTO Task Force Tips LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Task Force Tips LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise averages 5.1 TCR (156% of the Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise falls in its industry

100 Flanges and flange unions, pip establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise (95 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise
Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise (95 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Kerkau Manufacturing DBA Baldauf Enterprise has more employees than the Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 7.0 3.5 4 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332919 · MI · Bay City

100 Flanges and flange unions, pipe, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 138 employers in Bay City, 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 Task Force Tips LLC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAB Incorporated 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Patrick Industries/Business Unit 725 MMC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nor-Cal Products Inc. DBA Pfeiffer Vacuum Valves and Engineering 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michigan Freeze Pack 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Milk Producers Association 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Salt 95 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Graphics 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLaren Bay Region 1,858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay Medical Center INC 1,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay City Factory 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bay City Components 421 FTE
NAT-TCR InterMed Yarmouth 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Novant Health Medical Park Hospital 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR UFP Site Built, LLC DBA Endurable Building Products 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CMC Tensar Morrow 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Classic 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Lodge At Stillwater 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citrus Systems 95 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alumiworks Inc 95 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: 2024, 2023. 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.