Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing · Michigan

Positive Industries

Fraser, MI · ~75 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Positive Industries runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Positive Industries: 8.1 TCR = 244% of Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Positive Industries safety composite

Positive Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−15.4

2016→2021

Positive Industries injury rate improved

Positive Industries's TCR fell 15.4 from 15.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.4 · 2017=11.5 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Fraser, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 244% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #104/131
  • PHOTO Apple Steel Rule Die…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Positive Industries in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Positive Industries averages 8.1 TCR (244% of the Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Positive Industries TCR series: 2016=15.4 · 2017=11.5 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=7.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Positive Industries falls in its industry

387 Die sets for metal stamping pr establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #104 safest of 131 Die sets for metal stamping pr employers in Michigan.

Positive Industries (75 employees, TCR 8.1) 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Positive Industries
Positive Industries (75 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Positive Industries has more employees than the Die sets for metal stamping presses manu 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2019 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2017 11.5 5.8 6 0 0
2016 15.4 8.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Fraser

387 Die sets for metal stamping presses manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 40 employers in Fraser, 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 Apple Steel Rule Die Co., Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waukesha Metal Products - Grafton 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lacay Fabrication & Manufacturing, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three M Tool & Machine, Inc. 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE McCarthy & Smith Inc 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Companies INC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE P.J. Steel 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Baker Construction Company Inc 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia - Fraser 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia Fraser 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 145 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Healthmark Industries Co. 287 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZJEF 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZATL 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Pacific Farming l Citrus Farming l Arvin 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 42541d - Valley Forge Dc 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dan-Kel Concrete Cutting 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thibodaux Healthcare 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE All-Star-New Milford 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belt Tech Industrial 75 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.