Belt conveyor systems manufacturing · Michigan

PRAB Inc

Kalamazoo, MI · ~179 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PRAB Inc runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Belt conveyor systems manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

PRAB Inc: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PRAB Inc safety composite

PRAB Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−4.9

2018→2019

PRAB Inc injury rate improved

PRAB Inc's TCR fell 4.9 from 7.3 in 2018 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333922 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #27/53
  • PHOTO JM Conveyors PA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JM Conveyors PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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PRAB Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PRAB Inc averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PRAB Inc TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 3.3

Where PRAB Inc falls in its industry

361 Belt conveyor systems manufact establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 53 Belt conveyor systems manufact employers in Michigan.

PRAB Inc (179 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate PRAB Inc
PRAB Inc (179 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.5

PRAB Inc has more employees than the Belt conveyor systems manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.4 1.2 4 0 0
2018 7.3 3.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333922 · MI · Kalamazoo

361 Belt conveyor systems manufacturing 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 JM Conveyors PA 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conveyor Systems, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Industries, Inc. - 109 Division 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Appleton Marine Inc 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Airlane North 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Tool & Die 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sault Ste Marie 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE MI - Holland DSD 179 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 Museum of Fine Arts Boston 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 285 State Street Unit 13 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastern Metal Supply of Texas 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0019 1590 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mayflower Vehicle Systems LLC 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE UniSource Energy Services (Gas) 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE 259-Meridian Crucial 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shreveport Office Line Avenue 179 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. 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.