Fruit and Vegetable Canning · Michigan

Michigan Food Processors

Name: Michigan Food Processors Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ludington, MI · ~65 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Michigan Food Processors runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fruit and Vegetable Canning workplace, earning a grade C.

Michigan Food Processors: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Fruit and Vegetable Canning BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan Food Processors safety composite

Michigan Food Processors scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

Michigan Food Processors held a steady TCR band

Michigan Food Processors's TCR held near 0.0 from 2.4 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.4 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.3 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Ludington, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #15/41
PHOTO 6663_15444
BOOK 6y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6663_15444 (0.0 TCR gap)

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6663_15444

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Ripon Pickle C

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Refresco-Jopli

2.8
J. G. Van Holt

2.8

What this shows Michigan Food Processors averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Fruit and Vegetable Canning BLS benchmark).

Michigan Food Processors TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.3 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Michigan Food Processors falls in its industry

330 Fruit and Vegetable Canning establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 41 Fruit and Vegetable Canning employers in Michigan.

Michigan Food Processors (65 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Michigan Food Processors has fewer employees than the Fruit and Vegetable Canning median and a lower 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
2024	2.4	1.2	2	0
2021	1.3	0.0	1	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0	0
2019	2.9	2.9	2	0
2018	7.8	5.2	5	1
2017	2.4	1.2	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · MI · Ludington

330 Fruit and Vegetable Canning 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	6663_15444	MACON, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ripon Pickle Co., Inc.	RIPON, WI	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Refresco-Joplin	JOPLIN, MO	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	J. G. Van Holten & Son, Inc.	WATERLOO, WI	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Ridgeview Orchards	CONKLIN	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PG Manufacturing	LANSING	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marquette Board of Light and Power	MARQUETTE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SunGlo	NOVI	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH	Ludington	610 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2102	Ludington	294 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ludington	Ludington	280 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2102	Ludington	274 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bethel Lutheran Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Williston, ND	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lagniappe Healthcare, LLC	Bastrop, LA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	SupplyOne Weyers Cave	Weyers Cave, VA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Huntsville	Madison, AL	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Revolution Recovery LLC	Philadelphia, PA	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ziad Food Corp.	L.I.C., NY	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Millwood, Inc. Apple Creek	Apple Creek, OH	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Frank V. Radomski & Sons, Inc.	Colmar, PA	65 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.