Filing cabinets (except wood), office-type, manufacturing · Michigan

Metalworks, Inc

Ludington, MI · ~139 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metalworks, Inc runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Filing cabinets (except wood), office-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Metalworks, Inc: 6.1 TCR = 184% of Filing cabinets (except wood), office-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metalworks, Inc safety composite

Metalworks, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.6

2019→2024

Metalworks, Inc injury rate improved

Metalworks, Inc's TCR fell 6.6 from 8.4 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.4 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=8.8 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337214 · Ludington, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 184% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #37/42
  • PHOTO Safco Products - Ken…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Safco Products - Kennesaw, GA (0.1 TCR gap)

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Metalworks, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metalworks, Inc averages 6.1 TCR (184% of the Filing cabinets (except wood), office-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metalworks, Inc TCR series: 2019=8.4 · 2020=6 · 2021=8.8 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Metalworks, Inc falls in its industry

123 Filing cabinets (except wood), establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 42 Filing cabinets (except wood), employers in Michigan.

Metalworks, Inc (139 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 127 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metalworks, Inc
Metalworks, Inc (139 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 127 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Metalworks, Inc has more employees than the Filing cabinets (except wood), office-ty median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 5.3 4.4 6 0 0
2021 8.8 5.6 9 2 0
2020 6.0 3.0 9 1 0
2019 8.4 4.2 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337214 · MI · Ludington

123 Filing cabinets (except wood), office-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 55 employers in Ludington, 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 Safco Products - Kennesaw, GA 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Safco Products - Milford, IA 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alternative Business Furniture 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stylex Inc. 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raker-Roberta's Young Plants 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE JH Campbell 3 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSM Group 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Site Development, Inc. 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2102 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ludington 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2102 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Fairhaven 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson Lancaster 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Beach Blvd 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Jose Dc 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Control Services 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Care One at Northampton 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayne Holden Company Inc 139 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.