Motor vehicle metal parts stamping · Michigan

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton

Blissfield, MI · ~383 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle metal parts stamping workplace, earning a grade C.

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton: 5.0 TCR = 92% of Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton safety composite

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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%).

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton held a steady TCR band

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.9 in 2021 to 5.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=4.9 · 2022=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Blissfield, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #84/165
  • PHOTO Freeway Cleveland
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~383 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freeway Cleveland (0.0 TCR gap)

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L&W Engineering/Autokiniton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows L&W Engineering/Autokiniton averages 5.0 TCR (92% of the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping BLS benchmark).

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

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton TCR series: 2021=4.9 · 2022=5 · BLS 5.4

Where L&W Engineering/Autokiniton falls in its industry

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stam establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #84 safest of 165 Motor vehicle metal parts stam employers in Michigan.

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton (383 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate L&W Engineering/Autokiniton
L&W Engineering/Autokiniton (383 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

L&W Engineering/Autokiniton has more employees than the Motor vehicle metal parts stamping median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2022 5.0 4.2 18 0 0
2021 4.9 2.3 14 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · MI · Blissfield

510 Motor vehicle metal parts stamping employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 8 employers in Blissfield, 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 Freeway Cleveland 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Challenge Alabama (Challenge Manufacturing Plant 9) 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Bend Manufacturing 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Production LLC 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Mills Reed City Plant 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 2434 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE TROY CUSTOMER CARE CTR_1455776 383 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kelly Services 383 FTE
CITY-NEAR LW Engineering Plant 4 424 FTE
CITY-NEAR Autokiniton Blissfield 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uckele Health & Nutrition 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maxitrol Company-Blissfield Division 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Wichita Children's Home 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Flexsteel Commercial Office 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR County Market #244 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Clarion Laminates LLC 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Excelitas Technologies 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ventura Youth Correctional Facility 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9273-KKS 383 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Home Health, Inc. 383 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: 2022, 2021. 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.