Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Michigan

Paragon D&E

Grand Rapids, MI · ~810 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon D&E runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Paragon D&E: 5.8 TCR = 176% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon D&E safety composite

Paragon D&E scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.3

2017→2019

Paragon D&E injury rate improved

Paragon D&E's TCR fell 1.3 from 6.4 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.4 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 176% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #91/131
  • PHOTO PROGRESSIVE MACHINE …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~810 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PROGRESSIVE MACHINE DIE INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon D&E in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon D&E averages 5.8 TCR (176% 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

Paragon D&E TCR series: 2017=6.4 · 2018=5.8 · 2019=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Paragon D&E falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 21% 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 #91 safest of 131 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Michigan.

Paragon D&E (810 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paragon D&E
Paragon D&E (810 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Paragon D&E has more 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
2019 5.2 0.0 11 0 0
2018 5.8 1.4 13 0 0
2017 6.4 0.9 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Grand Rapids

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 PROGRESSIVE MACHINE DIE INC 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tools Inc Sussex 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Logistics Mgmt and Engineering 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Autodie 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE SPAR Marketing Force, Inc 809 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit (DTW) 811 FTE
STATE-SIZE JACKSON AERO MI 808 FTE
STATE-SIZE Accident Fund Holdings Inc. 808 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Kennedy Tank & Mfg. Company 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ci Metal Fabrication 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Progressive Campus 2 Starbucks (Mentor** 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sweetwater Healthcare Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Processing Plant - Pine Mountain Valley, GA 810 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nestle Prepared Foods 810 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-SIZE CITGO Corporate Headquarters 810 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, 2018, 2017. 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.