Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Michigan

Plant 2 (1077 watson)

Hemlock, MI · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Plant 2 (1077 watson) runs at 437% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Plant 2 (1077 watson): 14.4 TCR = 437% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Plant 2 (1077 watson) safety composite

Plant 2 (1077 watson) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Plant 2 (1077 watson): 3.6 → 21.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 28.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2023

Plant 2 (1077 watson)'s TCR rose 17.5 from 3.6 in 2016 to 21.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 28.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Hemlock, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 437% of ind

  • DART 16.9 DART
  • RANK #35/38
  • PHOTO Rebarfab, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rebarfab, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Plant 2 (1077 watson) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Plant 2 (1077 watson) averages 14.4 TCR (437% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Plant 2 (1077 watson) TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2019=10.8 · 2021=28 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=21.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Plant 2 (1077 watson) falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 38 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Michigan.

Plant 2 (1077 watson) (32 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 Plant 2 (1077 watson)
Plant 2 (1077 watson) (32 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Plant 2 (1077 watson) has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 21.1 16.9 5 0 0
2022 8.6 4.3 2 0 0
2021 28.0 14.0 10 0 0
2019 10.8 5.4 2 2 0
2016 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MI · Hemlock

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 9 employers in Hemlock, 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 Rebarfab, Inc. 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR REDD IRON INC 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Affton Fabricating & Welding Co., Inc. 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 084 LCI 14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6801_15743 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Soil Dairy 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berrybrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tawas 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hemlock Semiconductor Operations, LLC 1,268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hemlcok Semiconductor Operations, LLC 752 FTE
CITY-NEAR Qualified Staffing onsite at Hemlock Semiconductor 752 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dupont Michigan Operations - HIMS Plant 211 FTE
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Society 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction Associates of Spokane Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TMT Oklahoma, Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R & G Nursing Care 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Royal Truck & Equipment West 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lavelle Machine & Tool Company, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erdner Midwest, Inc. 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Desert Winds development, Inc. 32 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2016. 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.