Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, bronze and copper (except die-casting), unfinished, manufacturing · Michigan

Michigan Wheel LLC

Grand Rapids, MI · ~75 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan Wheel LLC runs at 370% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, bronze and copper (except die-casting), unfinished, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Michigan Wheel LLC: 12.2 TCR = 370% of Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, bronze and copper (except die-casting), unfinished, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan Wheel LLC safety composite

Michigan Wheel LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Michigan Wheel LLC: 12.6 → 14.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024

Michigan Wheel LLC's TCR rose 1.6 from 12.6 in 2018 to 14.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331529 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.2 · 370% of ind

  • DART 9.5 DART
  • RANK #19/21
  • PHOTO Manufacturer's Brass…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Manufacturer's Brass & Aluminum Foundry, INc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Michigan Wheel LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan Wheel LLC averages 12.2 TCR (370% of the Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, bronze and copper (except die-casting), unfinished, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Michigan Wheel LLC TCR series: 2018=12.6 · 2022=9.8 · 2024=14.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Michigan Wheel LLC falls in its industry

124 Ship and boat propellers, cast establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 21 Ship and boat propellers, cast employers in Michigan.

Michigan Wheel LLC (75 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 02004006008001,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Michigan Wheel LLC
Michigan Wheel LLC (75 employees, TCR 12.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Michigan Wheel LLC has more employees than the Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, br median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 14.2 9.5 4 2 0
2022 9.8 5.6 7 0 0
2018 12.6 4.7 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331529 · MI · Grand Rapids

124 Ship and boat propellers, cast brass, bronze and copper (except die-casting), unfinished, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 Manufacturer's Brass & Aluminum Foundry, INc. 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Bronze Foundry & Machine 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PIAD Precision Casting 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Federal Bronze Casting Industries, Inc. 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE McCarthy & Smith Inc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Companies INC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE P.J. Steel 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Construction Company Inc 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Covenant Village of Green Township 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Park Place of Fountain City 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Paramount Senior Living at Fredericksburg 12.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Rock Resort 12.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circle S Inc 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3219 - Chicago Hyde Park IL 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plainfield Indiana 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate 75 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, 2022, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.