Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Michigan

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc.

Hamburg, MI · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. runs at 417% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc.: 13.8 TCR = 417% of Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. safety composite

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−15.2

2016→2023

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. injury rate improved

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.2 from 25.0 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 40.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.0 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=40.6 · 2020=20.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332111 · Hamburg, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 417% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #21/21
  • PHOTO St. Croix Forge, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: St. Croix Forge, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. averages 13.8 TCR (417% of the Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).

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

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. TCR series: 2016=25 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=40.6 · 2020=20.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=9.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. falls in its industry

241 Cold forgings made from purcha establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 21 Cold forgings made from purcha employers in Michigan.

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Progressive Metal Forming, Inc.
Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Progressive Metal Forming, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cold forgings made from purchased iron o median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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
2023 9.8 4.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 20.3 16.9 6 0 0
2019 40.6 20.3 5 7 0
2018 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2017 8.6 2.9 3 0 0
2016 25.0 6.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · MI · Hamburg

241 Cold forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 3 employers in Hamburg, 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 St. Croix Forge, Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Forge Division of Powers and Sons LLC 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clifford-Jacobs Forging Company 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgerton Forge, Inc. 14.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR FMI Hamburg 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Primary Care Hamburg 15 FTE
NAT-TCR Keystone Nursing Care Center Inc 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0373 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR US Foods Portland 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farrell Roofing, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Child Crisis / Foster Care 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATB Growers 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Department 29 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.