Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing · Michigan

Northern Tool

Farmington Hills, MI · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Tool runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Northern Tool: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Tool safety composite

Northern Tool scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−3.4

2016→2019

Northern Tool injury rate improved

Northern Tool's TCR fell 3.4 from 6.1 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2019=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · Farmington Hills, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #33/40
  • PHOTO BMS Acucut LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BMS Acucut LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Tool in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Tool averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Tool TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2019=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Northern Tool falls in its industry

221 Reamers (i.e., a machine tool establishments

Safer than 22% 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 #33 safest of 40 Reamers (i.e., a machine tool employers in Michigan.

Northern Tool (31 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Tool
Northern Tool (31 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Northern Tool has fewer employees than the Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) median and a higher 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
2019 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2016 6.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · Farmington Hills

221 Reamers (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 168 employers in Farmington Hills, 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 BMS Acucut LLC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milwaukee Broach 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR York Saw & Knife Company, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alvord-Polk, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melching Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centria Healthcare LLC 3,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-517 2,497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beechview Elementary 1,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Facilities Management 1,317 FTE
NAT-TCR Fas Clt 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain - Pin-Effingham 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Hoffman Estates 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Erickson Framing LLC Arzona 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eighth St 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Yellowstone - Resort 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Disposal 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE DL Woburn 31 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: 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.