Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing · Indiana

Midwest Finishing Systems

Mishawaka, IN · ~77 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Finishing Systems runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Midwest Finishing Systems: 4.3 TCR = 132% of Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Finishing Systems safety composite

Midwest Finishing Systems scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Midwest Finishing Systems held a steady TCR band

Midwest Finishing Systems's TCR held near 0.2 from 5.3 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333318 · Mishawaka, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P26
  • PHOTO Cookshack
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cookshack (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Finishing Systems in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Finishing Systems averages 4.3 TCR (132% of the Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Finishing Systems TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Midwest Finishing Systems falls in its industry

361 Ovens, commercial-type, manufa establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Midwest Finishing Systems (77 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Midwest Finishing Systems
Midwest Finishing Systems (77 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 77 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Midwest Finishing Systems has more employees than the Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 5.1 0.0 5 0 0
2023 4.8 1.9 5 0 0
2022 7.1 0.0 6 0 0
2021 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2020 5.3 1.3 4 0 0
2019 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2017 3.5 1.2 3 0 0
2016 5.3 1.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333318 · IN · Mishawaka

361 Ovens, commercial-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 185 employers in Mishawaka, IN · 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 Cookshack 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR EcoWater Systems LLC - Ripley, MS 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Suez Arlington 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATG - CHAN 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bluegrass Farms, Inc 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Well Services LLC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tippmann Construction 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka 1,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR AM General, LLC 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCI - 039 392 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2678 381 FTE
NAT-TCR Westminster Cullman 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR InterMed 100 Foden Road 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR RRSC Norfolk 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gardner 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Centric Pipe - Ore City 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 28-Emcaz-Peoria Kia 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accent Countertops 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Performance Plus Logistics of Atlanta 77 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.