Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Michigan

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids, MI · ~74 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI safety composite

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 3.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2022

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #27/218
  • PHOTO Texas Extrusion (TXXT)
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Texas Extrusion (TXXT) (0.0 TCR gap)

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N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=3 · BLS 3.3

Where N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI falls in its industry

2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 218 Awnings, rigid plastics or fib employers in Michigan.

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI (74 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI
N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI (74 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

N-K Manufacturing LLC - Grand Rapids, MI has fewer employees than the Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Grand Rapids

2,838 Awnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, 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 Texas Extrusion (TXXT) 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garrett Liners Inc 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container - Ada 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KW Container - Chicago Heights 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adrian SC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Office 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works-Streets and Sanitation 74 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 ISD 492 Austin Community Learning 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wrightstown (formerly Coating Excellence International LLC) 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at University of Minnesota-Morris 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3495-10D8131 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Attorney 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Village at Heritage Park 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fox Run Elementary 74 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: 2022, 2021. 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.