Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Polytek - Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, MI · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Polytek - Kalamazoo runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Polytek - Kalamazoo: 0.4 TCR = 19% of Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polytek - Kalamazoo safety composite

Polytek - Kalamazoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−0.8

2023→2024

Polytek - Kalamazoo injury rate improved

Polytek - Kalamazoo's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/28
  • PHOTO Morrisville 0970
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morrisville 0970 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Polytek - Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Polytek - Kalamazoo averages 0.4 TCR (19% of the Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Polytek - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2023=0.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Polytek - Kalamazoo falls in its industry

766 Synthetic rubber merchant whol establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 28 Synthetic rubber merchant whol employers in Michigan.

Polytek - Kalamazoo (138 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Polytek - Kalamazoo
Polytek - Kalamazoo (138 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Polytek - Kalamazoo has more employees than the Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · MI · Kalamazoo

766 Synthetic rubber merchant wholesalers 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 Morrisville 0970 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nexeo Solutions - Willow Springs 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PDI - South Bend 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baton Rouge - Pecue 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Water Authority - Central Services Facility 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE DVM Utilities, Inc. 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butcher and Butcher Construction 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3211 Battle Creek Mill 138 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 Portsmouth Dist 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R.A.D. Fabrication, LLC 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials AZ 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CVRx, Inc. 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Catelli Brothers Family of Foods 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evonik Corporation 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chas Cty Rd Fac 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chautauqua Springs Health Center 138 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. 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.