Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Michigan

Nelson Paint Michigan

Kingsford, MI · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelson Paint Michigan runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Nelson Paint Michigan: 2.3 TCR = 71% of Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelson Paint Michigan safety composite

Nelson Paint Michigan scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.0

2016→2020

Nelson Paint Michigan injury rate improved

Nelson Paint Michigan's TCR fell 7.0 from 7.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Kingsford, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/20
  • PHOTO IFS Coatings, Inc.(T…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IFS Coatings, Inc.(Texas) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelson Paint Michigan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nelson Paint Michigan averages 2.3 TCR (71% of the Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nelson Paint Michigan TCR series: 2016=7 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Nelson Paint Michigan falls in its industry

530 Industrial product finishes an establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 20 Industrial product finishes an employers in Michigan.

Nelson Paint Michigan (26 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelson Paint Michigan
Nelson Paint Michigan (26 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Nelson Paint Michigan has fewer employees than the Industrial product finishes and coatings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.0 3.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · MI · Kingsford

530 Industrial product finishes and coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Kingsford, 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 IFS Coatings, Inc.(Texas) 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spray Products 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR UGL Illinois 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RJR Technologies Phoenix Facility 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grede - Iron Mountain 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR ManorCare Nursing and Rehab Center - Kingsford 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manor Care Health Services Kingsford 132 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kingsford Office 104 FTE
NAT-TCR FBG Service Corporation Omaha 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ushers Machine and Tool Co., Inc. (NY) 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Joslyn Sunbank Co., LLC 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR IFS Coatings, Inc.(Texas) 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Birmingham Division Gardendale Crew Headquarters 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE CORT Tradeshow and Events Chicago TSE 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Service Center - Customer Service 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Transport - 984 26 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: 2020, 2018, 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.