Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Michigan

Owens Products, Inc.

Sturgis, MI · ~37 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Owens Products, Inc. runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Owens Products, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 51% of Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owens Products, Inc. safety composite

Owens Products, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.8

2016→2024

Owens Products, Inc. injury rate improved

Owens Products, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.8 from 9.4 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Sturgis, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #71/146
  • PHOTO Tenneco-Seward
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco-Seward (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owens Products, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owens Products, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (51% of the Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Owens Products, Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0.2 · 2023=5.6 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 5.4

Where Owens Products, Inc. falls in its industry

772 Oil filters, automotive, truck establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 146 Oil filters, automotive, truck employers in Michigan.

Owens Products, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Owens Products, Inc.
Owens Products, Inc. (37 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Owens Products, Inc. has fewer employees than the Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.6 5.6 2 0 0
2022 0.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 9.4 9.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MI · Sturgis

772 Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 35 employers in Sturgis, 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 Tenneco-Seward 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial Vehicle Systems 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newman Technology, Inc 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR AN Sturgis 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morgan Olson Plant 5 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morgan Olson Plant 1 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burr Oak Tool Inc. 314 FTE
NAT-TCR AME Community Services Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR IRP Medical 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cut Above Vegetation Services LLC. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Salem 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Beeler Industries 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE N R Weaver Masonry 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Danskammer Generating Station 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston OEC 37 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.