Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing · Michigan

Norton Shores

Norton Shores, MI · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Norton Shores runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Norton Shores: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norton Shores safety composite

Norton Shores scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−58.5

2021→2024

Norton Shores injury rate improved

Norton Shores's TCR fell 58.5 from 58.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 58.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=58.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Norton Shores, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/218
  • PHOTO ORBIS Menasha
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ORBIS Menasha (0.0 TCR gap)

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Norton Shores in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Norton Shores averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Norton Shores TCR series: 2021=58.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Norton Shores falls in its industry

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #6 safest of 218 Septic tanks, plastics or fibe employers in Michigan.

Norton Shores (35 employees, TCR 0.4) 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 Norton Shores
Norton Shores (35 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Norton Shores has fewer employees than the Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, ma 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 58.5 29.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Norton Shores

2,838 Septic tanks, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 40 employers in Norton Shores, 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 ORBIS Menasha 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lear Corporation - Sterling Heights 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premix-Hadlock Composites - North Kingsville 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phoenix Closures Newport 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnson Technology, Inc. - Norton 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Norton Shores, MI 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR MillerKnoll Muskegon 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knoll 312 FTE
NAT-TCR Thermo Fisher Scientific 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Facility 2 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North Valley High School 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TriStruX 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Techno West 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin Water Treatment - Churubusco 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wharton VA 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pioneer Bank Adams St 35 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. 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.