Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing · Michigan

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon

Muskegon, MI · ~84 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon: 5.7 TCR = 171% of Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon safety composite

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon: 7.6 → 8.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2023

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon's TCR rose 1.3 from 7.6 in 2019 to 8.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325520 · Muskegon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 171% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #17/24
  • PHOTO Protecto Wrap Cherok…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Protecto Wrap Cherokee Warehouse (0.1 TCR gap)

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M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon averages 5.7 TCR (171% of the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon TCR series: 2019=7.6 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon falls in its industry

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, den establishments

Safer than 18% 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 #17 safest of 24 Adhesives (except asphalt, den employers in Michigan.

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon (84 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon
M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon (84 employees, TCR 5.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.7

M Argueso & Co dba Paramelt Muskegon has more employees than the Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsu 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
2023 8.9 5.5 8 0 0
2022 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2021 6.1 3.0 3 1 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2019 7.6 3.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325520 · MI · Muskegon

287 Adhesives (except asphalt, dental, gypsum base) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, 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 Protecto Wrap Cherokee Warehouse 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emecole Metro 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkel Oak Creek 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Stone Products, Inc. 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Parnall East 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howell Service Center 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utilities Instrumentation Service 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harvest Energy Solutions 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Kaiser Home Support Services, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Black Brothers Company 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center 5.7 TCR
NAT-TCR R.J. Williams, Inc. 5.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Industrial Ventilation, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wide Horizons Residential Care 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Architectural Precast Innovations, Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCR WCH (loc code: PHEOH1) 84 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.