Books printing and binding without publishing · Michigan

RW Patterson Printing Company

Benton Harbor, MI · ~41 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RW Patterson Printing Company runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Books printing and binding without publishing workplace, earning a grade A.

RW Patterson Printing Company: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Books printing and binding without publishing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RW Patterson Printing Company safety composite

RW Patterson Printing Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−1.9

2016→2024

RW Patterson Printing Company injury rate improved

RW Patterson Printing Company's TCR fell 1.9 from 1.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323117 · Benton Harbor, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Jostens Inc Sedalia
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jostens Inc Sedalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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RW Patterson Printing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RW Patterson Printing Company averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Books printing and binding without publishing BLS benchmark).

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

RW Patterson Printing Company TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where RW Patterson Printing Company falls in its industry

116 Books printing and binding wit establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Books printing and binding wit employers in Michigan.

RW Patterson Printing Company (41 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate RW Patterson Printing Company
RW Patterson Printing Company (41 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2

RW Patterson Printing Company has fewer employees than the Books printing and binding without publi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323117 · MI · Benton Harbor

116 Books printing and binding without publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 74 employers in Benton Harbor, 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 Jostens Inc Sedalia 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHAND 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brookfield 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brookfield 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2062 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gast Manufacturing 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2062 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Idex 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Forbes Homes, Inc. dba Forbes Capretto Homes 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 201 Building 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 310 Building 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pritchard Industries Southwest, LLC. 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fluted Partition 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Process Controls Division 63 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forristall enterprises, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodland 130 41 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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