Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges · Michigan
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, MI · ~23 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo runs at 346% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges workplace, earning a grade F.
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo: 9.7 TCR = 346% of Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo safety composite
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−2.7
2021→2024
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo injury rate improved
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=6.0 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=14.9 · 2024=3.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 346% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #111/139
- PHOTO Commercial Asphalt
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Commercial Asphalt (0.0 TCR gap)
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PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo
9.7 TCR
- Commercial Asp
Commercial Asphalt
9.7 TCR
- Lakeside Indus
Lakeside Industries (120)
9.7 TCR
- Karvocompanies
Karvocompanies
9.7 TCR
- Posillico Skan
Posillico Skanska JV
9.7 TCR
What this shows PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo averages 9.7 TCR (346% of the Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS benchmark).
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo TCR series: 2021=6 · 2022=14.6 · 2023=14.9 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.8
Where PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo falls in its industry
4,078 Painting lines on highways, st establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 139 Painting lines on highways, st employers in Michigan.
PK Contracting, LLC. Kalamazoo has fewer employees than the Painting lines on highways, streets and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · MI · Kalamazoo
4,078 Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 | Commercial Asphalt | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lakeside Industries (120) | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Karvocompanies | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Posillico Skanska JV | 9.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Black Gold Farms - MIS | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Casey Woodwyk, Inc. | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John Schuring, Jr. Company | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Atwood Timber and Lumber | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Richardton Health Center | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amazon.com Services LLC - MKE1 | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Surbo Tubular Services, Inc | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dee Mfg. | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blue Grass Plating Company LLC. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 166 | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jack Wayte Construction Co., Inc. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Container Graphics St MT | 23 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.