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

Ringmasters Mfg

Wayne, MI · ~37 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ringmasters Mfg runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade F.

Ringmasters Mfg: 6.9 TCR = 210% of Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ringmasters Mfg safety composite

Ringmasters Mfg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−6.9

2016→2024

Ringmasters Mfg injury rate improved

Ringmasters Mfg's TCR fell 6.9 from 14.8 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 14.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=14.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 210% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #18/21
  • PHOTO Viking Forge LLC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Viking Forge LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ringmasters Mfg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ringmasters Mfg averages 6.9 TCR (210% of the Hot 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

Ringmasters Mfg TCR series: 2016=14.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=14.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ringmasters Mfg falls in its industry

241 Hot forgings made from purchas establishments

Safer than 28% 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 #18 safest of 21 Hot forgings made from purchas employers in Michigan.

Ringmasters Mfg (37 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 Ringmasters Mfg
Ringmasters Mfg (37 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Ringmasters Mfg has fewer employees than the Hot forgings made from purchased iron or 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
2024 8.0 8.0 3 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 3 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 14.9 11.9 5 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 14.2 2.8 5 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 14.8 0.0 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332111 · MI · Wayne

241 Hot forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 34 employers in Wayne, 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 Viking Forge LLC 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mercer Forge Corporation 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schaefer Equipment 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Forge Group Dekalb LLC 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan Assembly (Yr 2011+) 4,031 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-2 1,082 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaJoy Group, Wayne 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Wayne, MI 279 FTE
NAT-TCR Otto Construction, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Windsor Atrium 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Utility Trailer Manufacturing Compnany - Clearfield, UT 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Waukesha 40 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lkq 1140 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Austin Aus 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rogan Corporation 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Division 32 37 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, 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.