Wheat flour manufacturing · Michigan
Mennel Milling Dowagiac
Dowagiac, MI · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Mennel Milling Dowagiac runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wheat flour manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Mennel Milling Dowagiac: 7.7 TCR = 234% of Wheat flour manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Mennel Milling Dowagiac safety composite
Mennel Milling Dowagiac scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Mennel Milling Dowagiac: 5.4 → 10.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024
Mennel Milling Dowagiac's TCR rose 4.7 from 5.4 in 2023 to 10.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311211 · Dowagiac, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 234% of ind
- DART 10.1 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Grain Craft Portland
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~19 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grain Craft Portland (0.0 TCR gap)
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Mennel Milling Dowagiac in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Grain Craft ID
Grain Craft ID
7.9 TCR
- North Tonawand
North Tonawanda - J. RETTENMAIER USA LP
7.9 TCR
- Pure Nature Fo
Pure Nature Foods, LLC
7.8 TCR
- This site
Mennel Milling Dowagiac
7.7 TCR
- Grain Craft Po
Grain Craft Portland
7.7 TCR
What this shows Mennel Milling Dowagiac averages 7.7 TCR (234% of the Wheat flour manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Mennel Milling Dowagiac TCR series: 2023=5.4 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Mennel Milling Dowagiac falls in its industry
209 Wheat flour manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Wheat flour manufacturing employers in Michigan.
Mennel Milling Dowagiac has fewer employees than the Wheat flour manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311211 · MI · Dowagiac
209 Wheat flour 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Grain Craft Portland | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pure Nature Foods, LLC | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grain Craft ID | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Tonawanda - J. RETTENMAIER USA LP | 7.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Everbest | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Greenhouse) | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rieth-Riley - Houghton Lake | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arenac County Road Commission | 19 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 | Cauki - Ukiah Center | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STR0177 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wirerope Works Inc. | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forest Ave. (Palo Alto) | 7.7 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.