Bones, fat, rendering · Michigan

Michigan Brand, Inc

Frankenmuth, MI · ~119 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan Brand, Inc runs at 189% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bones, fat, rendering workplace, earning a grade D.

Michigan Brand, Inc: 6.2 TCR = 189% of Bones, fat, rendering BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan Brand, Inc safety composite

Michigan Brand, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.9

2019→2024

Michigan Brand, Inc injury rate improved

Michigan Brand, Inc's TCR fell 3.9 from 8.2 in 2019 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.2 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Frankenmuth, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 189% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO 060 Dublin
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 060 Dublin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michigan Brand, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan Brand, Inc averages 6.2 TCR (189% of the Bones, fat, rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Michigan Brand, Inc TCR series: 2019=8.2 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=8 · 2022=7.6 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Michigan Brand, Inc falls in its industry

151 Bones, fat, rendering establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Bones, fat, rendering employers in Michigan.

Michigan Brand, Inc (119 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michigan Brand, Inc
Michigan Brand, Inc (119 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Michigan Brand, Inc has more employees than the Bones, fat, rendering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 4.4 2.6 5 0 0
2023 6.6 2.2 9 0 0
2022 7.6 1.9 8 0 0
2021 8.0 6.6 6 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2019 8.2 2.4 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · MI · Frankenmuth

151 Bones, fat, rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 20 employers in Frankenmuth, 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 060 Dublin 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Temperanceville 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BVC - Arion 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg. 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interkal LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ritsema Associates 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zehnder's of Frankenmuth 862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronner's Christmas Wonderland 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bavarian Inn Lodge 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00436 127 FTE
NAT-TCR COD015 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CAS021 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Columbus Northside Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lyons & Hohl Site Contractors 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE LGI Corporate 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE 119 - Ventura 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genie Headquarters 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sutliff Chevrolet Co. dba Turner Chevrolet 119 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, 2022, 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.