Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan

Manufacturing

Dowagiac, MI · ~121 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Manufacturing runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Manufacturing: 10.0 TCR = 303% of Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Manufacturing safety composite

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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−10.6

2018→2023

Manufacturing injury rate improved

Manufacturing's TCR fell 10.6 from 14.3 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=14.3 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=17.3 · 2021=12.1 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326191 · Dowagiac, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 303% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Strong Spas
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Strong Spas (0.1 TCR gap)

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Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Manufacturing averages 10.0 TCR (303% of the Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Manufacturing TCR series: 2018=14.3 · 2019=8.5 · 2020=17.3 · 2021=12.1 · 2022=4 · 2023=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Manufacturing falls in its industry

141 Bathtubs, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Bathtubs, plastics, manufactur employers in Michigan.

Manufacturing (121 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Manufacturing
Manufacturing (121 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Manufacturing has more employees than the Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 3.8 2.3 4 1 0
2022 4.0 0.0 5 0 0
2021 12.1 6.8 16 0 0
2020 17.3 16.0 26 0 0
2019 8.5 7.8 12 0 0
2018 14.3 12.1 18 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326191 · MI · Dowagiac

141 Bathtubs, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Dowagiac, 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 Strong Spas 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BCI Acrylic, Inc 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Development Corp dba Akro-Plastics 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR May Manufacturing DBA Artesian Spas 10.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakeshore Homestead, LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE William E. Walter, Inc 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR LADD, INC 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dowagiac Campus 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR Creative Foam - Dowagiac 256 FTE
NAT-TCR Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Dodgeville 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing & Plating - Milwaukee LLC 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Luvata Appleton Lawe St. 10.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Valley #075 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55457 Merced 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maple Leaf Healthcare Center 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE JVS Contracting Inc. 121 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, 2018. 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.