Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing · Michigan

Mead Johnson Nutrition

Zeeland, MI · ~418 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mead Johnson Nutrition runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Mead Johnson Nutrition: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mead Johnson Nutrition safety composite

Mead Johnson Nutrition scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Mead Johnson Nutrition held a steady TCR band

Mead Johnson Nutrition's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.3 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.3 · 2019=1.0 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Zeeland, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #3/13
  • PHOTO US Plant NHS Eau Cla…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~418 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: US Plant NHS Eau Claire (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mead Johnson Nutrition in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mead Johnson Nutrition averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Mead Johnson Nutrition TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2019=1 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Mead Johnson Nutrition falls in its industry

185 Baby formula, fresh, processed establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Baby formula, fresh, processed employers in Michigan.

Mead Johnson Nutrition (418 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Mead Johnson Nutrition
Mead Johnson Nutrition (418 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Mead Johnson Nutrition has more employees than the Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bott median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023 1.6 1.2 9 0 0
2022 0.6 0.6 3 0 0
2021 1.9 1.3 9 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 3 0 0
2019 1.0 0.7 4 0 0
2016 1.3 0.7 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · MI · Zeeland

185 Baby formula, fresh, processed, and bottled, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Zeeland, 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 US Plant NHS Eau Claire 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allerton, IA 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abbott Nutrition 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR AN Casa Grande 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emergent Biodefense Operations Lansing 418 FTE
STATE-SIZE 82 - St. Johns 418 FTE
STATE-SIZE 7987_18773 418 FTE
STATE-SIZE RCO Engineering, Inc. 417 FTE
CITY-NEAR MillerKnoll Main Site 1,745 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herman Miller Main Site 1,711 FTE
CITY-NEAR US MI Zeeland Centennial 1,511 FTE
CITY-NEAR US MI Zeeland Centennial East 1,384 FTE
NAT-TCR Golden Services, LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ABB Electrical Installation products 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR S&S Promotions, Inc 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Stepan Company Columbus 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Cheesecake Factory Bakery 418 FTE
NAT-SIZE MOBIS North America, LLC 418 FTE
NAT-SIZE Otterbein Lebanon 418 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market Basket #88 418 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.