Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Road Equipment KG

Name: Road Equipment KG Workplace Safety Data
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Byron Center, MI · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 15.2
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Road Equipment KG runs at 691% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Road Equipment KG: 15.2 TCR = 691% of Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Road Equipment KG safety composite

Road Equipment KG scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 15.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−12.0

2022→2023

Road Equipment KG injury rate improved

Road Equipment KG's TCR fell 12.0 from 21.2 in 2022 to 9.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 21.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=21.2 · 2023=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.2 · 691% of ind

DART 4.6 DART
RANK #52/52
PHOTO Associated Truck Parts
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Associated Truck Parts (0.1 TCR gap)

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067/Belleville

15.4
Automotive Tec

15.3
This site

15.2
Associated Tru

15.1
Auto Value - A

15.1

What this shows Road Equipment KG averages 15.2 TCR (691% of the Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Road Equipment KG TCR series: 2022=21.2 · 2023=9.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Road Equipment KG falls in its industry

950 Auto body shop supplies, merch establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 52 Auto body shop supplies, merch employers in Michigan.

Road Equipment KG (22 employees, TCR 15.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Road Equipment KG has fewer employees than the Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholes median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	9.2	4.6	2	0	0
2022	21.2	21.2	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · MI · Byron Center

950 Auto body shop supplies, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Associated Truck Parts	GILBERTSVILLE, PA	15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Automotive Technology Inc.	FENTON, MO	15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Auto Value - Aberdeen	ABERDEEN, SD	15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	067/Belleville	BELLEVILLE, NJ	15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Skymint Silo59 Production Facility	LANSING	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PRT Brighton	HOWELL	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cadillac Renewable Energy	CADILLAC	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Benzonia	BENZONIA	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buist Electric	Byron Center	390 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center	Byron Center	344 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Masterpiece Flower Company LLC	Byron Center	303 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Van Eerden Trucking	Byron Center	254 FTE
NAT-TCR	Willow Rose	Jerseyville, IL	15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Village gf Deerfield - Public Works	Deerfield, IL	15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-SWY-0005-0005-02817	Salida, CO	15.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-NAI-0033-0033-01409	Hanson, MA	15.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #5360 Spartanburg, SC	Spartanburg, SC	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #225 KINGSPORT, TN	Kingsport, TN	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #5316 Duluth, GA	Duluth, GA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #536 UNION PARK, FL	Union Park, FL	22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.