Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp

Kalamazoo, MI · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp runs at 298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp: 6.5 TCR = 298% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp safety composite

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−10.5

2016→2020

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp injury rate improved

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp's TCR fell 10.5 from 10.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 298% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/62
  • PHOTO Retriev Technologies…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Retriev Technologies, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp averages 6.5 TCR (298% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=9.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Michigan.

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp (23 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp
Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp (23 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Schupan & Sons, Inc. Corp has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.2 0.0 1 1 0
2016 10.5 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Kalamazoo

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Retriev Technologies, Inc 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conservit Inc 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aim Recycling Hesperia 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR PNW Metal Recycling dba Longview 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Amzl : Ddc2 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bloomington Distribution Center 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR New Albany Billy Goat Tavern, Ltd. (One Lifestyle, Ltd.) 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR ALFLOR-OPI-FLORENCE 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE District 3 - Makakilo Community Park 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gopher Ridge Grove 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Visitors Management 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amarillo Sod Farm 23 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: 2020, 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.