Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Michigan

North Kent Base

Sand Lake, MI · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Kent Base runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

North Kent Base: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Kent Base safety composite

North Kent Base scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

North Kent Base: 0.0 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.86× in 2024

North Kent Base's TCR rose 11.6 from 0.0 in 2020 to 11.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Sand Lake, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 11.6 DART
  • RANK #94/131
  • PHOTO Nordson Xaloy Youngs…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nordson Xaloy Youngstown (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Kent Base in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Kent Base averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

North Kent Base TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=7.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=11.6 · 2024=11.6 · BLS 3.3

Where North Kent Base falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #94 safest of 131 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Michigan.

North Kent Base (21 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate North Kent Base
North Kent Base (21 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

North Kent Base has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 11.6 11.6 2 0 0
2023 11.6 0.0 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.9 7.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Sand Lake

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Sand Lake, 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 Nordson Xaloy Youngstown 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vista Metals, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Megawall 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jonco Die Co MN 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms Sturgis 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BE Cultivation 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4605_15228 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willard DeHaan & Son Grnhs 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dean's Landscaping & Excavating, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sand Lake Plant - 01 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sand Lake Shop - 10 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Madera Component Systems, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dfa Fluid - Salt Lake City Ut 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR El Sol Defoe JV 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR LPI Technical Services 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Martinez Sheet Metal, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE CLT-FFM 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE ITW Building Components Group Inc - Pontotoc, MS 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE D9 Materials Laboratory 21 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. 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.