Curtain wall, glass, installation · Michigan

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc.

Kalamazoo, MI · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. runs at 384% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Curtain wall, glass, installation workplace, earning a grade F.

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc.: 10.7 TCR = 384% of Curtain wall, glass, installation BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. safety composite

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

−9.6

2016→2023

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. injury rate improved

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.6 from 14.1 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.1 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=16.6 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238150 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 384% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #11/12
  • PHOTO SCG
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SCG (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. averages 10.7 TCR (384% of the Curtain wall, glass, installation BLS benchmark).

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

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. TCR series: 2016=14.1 · 2017=13.9 · 2018=11.1 · 2019=11.5 · 2020=16.6 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. falls in its industry

531 Curtain wall, glass, installat establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Curtain wall, glass, installat employers in Michigan.

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc.
Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Michigan Glass & Metals, Inc. has fewer employees than the Curtain wall, glass, installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2021 9.2 9.2 2 0 0
2020 16.6 4.1 4 0 0
2019 11.5 7.7 3 0 0
2018 11.1 11.1 3 0 0
2017 13.9 3.5 4 0 0
2016 14.1 10.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238150 · MI · Kalamazoo

531 Curtain wall, glass, installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 SCG 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oakes & Parkhurst Glass 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesko Glass Co., Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Binswanger Glass Branch 555 10.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR 633 Swn68 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR IKEA #039 American Canyon 10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Foodlink, Inc. 10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colors Enterprises 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edmonson County Water District 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schwab's Screw Machine Products, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reach Up Main Office 27 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, 2018, 2017, 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.