Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Knape and Vogt Oak

Name: Knape and Vogt Oak Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grand Rapids, MI · ~610 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Knape and Vogt Oak runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Knape and Vogt Oak: 3.9 TCR = 118% of Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knape and Vogt Oak safety composite

Knape and Vogt Oak scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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%).

Knape and Vogt Oak held a steady TCR band

Knape and Vogt Oak's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2019=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332510 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 118% of ind

DART 0.2 DART
RANK #7/13
PHOTO Blum Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 42 inj
SIZE ~610 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blum Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Knape and Vogt Oak averages 3.9 TCR (118% of the Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Knape and Vogt Oak TCR series: 2016=4 · 2019=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Knape and Vogt Oak falls in its industry

189 Furniture hardware, metal, man establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Furniture hardware, metal, man employers in Michigan.

Knape and Vogt Oak (610 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Knape and Vogt Oak has more employees than the Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2019	3.8	0.2	17	1	0
2016	4.0	0.3	25	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332510 · MI · Grand Rapids

189 Furniture hardware, metal, manufacturing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Blum Inc.	STANLEY, NC	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	E.R. Wagner Manufacturing Company	MENOMONEE FALLS, WI	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Flex-N-Gate Alabama, LLC	MCCALLA, AL	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hager Companies - Montgomery Plant	MONTGOMERY, AL	3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : DTW - Detroit	DETROIT	610 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH	LUDINGTON	610 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BUILDING 2	DEARBORN	609 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Bay Health Centers	SAGINAW	609 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA	Grand Rapids	9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SH Butterworth Hospital	Grand Rapids	7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI	Grand Rapids	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood	Grand Rapids	2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kessington LLC	Elkhart, IN	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Finishing Plant	Cartersville, GA	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	3377 Keystone	Charleston, WV	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Truck Accessories Group - East (Fiberglass Plant)	Milton, PA	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Amzl : Dph1	Philadelphia, PA	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Alorica Business Solutions LLC- Niles	Niles, OH	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kimball Electronics Jasper	Jasper, IN	610 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WVUH Operations Support Center	Morgantown, WV	610 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: 2019, 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.