Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing · Michigan

R.W. Fernstrum & Company

Menominee, MI · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R.W. Fernstrum & Company runs at 243% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

R.W. Fernstrum & Company: 8.0 TCR = 243% of Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.W. Fernstrum & Company safety composite

R.W. Fernstrum & Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.6

2018→2023

R.W. Fernstrum & Company injury rate improved

R.W. Fernstrum & Company's TCR fell 13.6 from 17.1 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 17.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=17.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332410 · Menominee, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 243% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK P12
  • PHOTO ROSA OPERATING LLC.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ROSA OPERATING LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.W. Fernstrum & Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.W. Fernstrum & Company averages 8.0 TCR (243% of the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

R.W. Fernstrum & Company TCR series: 2018=17.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where R.W. Fernstrum & Company falls in its industry

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat excha establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
R.W. Fernstrum & Company (34 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R.W. Fernstrum & Company
R.W. Fernstrum & Company (34 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.9

R.W. Fernstrum & Company has fewer employees than the Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2022 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 17.1 11.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332410 · MI · Menominee

171 Aftercoolers (i.e., heat exchangers) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Menominee, 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 ROSA OPERATING LLC. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fulton Steam Solutions 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rocore-Burkesville 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermotech Enterprises 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GS Ashley LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sportel Greenhouses, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dearborn Industrial Generation LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caterpillar Fluid Transfer Solutions - Menominee 446 FTE
CITY-NEAR L.E. Jones Company 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anchor Coupling Menominee 395 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enstrom Helicopter Corporation 125 FTE
NAT-TCR South Coast Hospice & Palliative Care Services, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EP Acquisitions dba H&B Elevator, Inc 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hutchinson Plant (KPR) 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wickliffe Bar Processing Corp 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 6244 Oakland 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE A-1 Power, LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Patrick Allen Companies, LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jarco 34 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, 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.