Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) · Michigan

SF&R Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, MI · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SF&R Kalamazoo runs at 583% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) workplace, earning a grade F.

SF&R Kalamazoo: 16.3 TCR = 583% of Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SF&R Kalamazoo safety composite

SF&R Kalamazoo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SF&R Kalamazoo: 15.8 → 16.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 16.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

SF&R Kalamazoo's TCR rose 1.0 from 15.8 in 2023 to 16.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.3 · 583% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/30
  • PHOTO Hutch Paving, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hutch Paving, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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SF&R Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SF&R Kalamazoo averages 16.3 TCR (583% of the Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) BLS benchmark).

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

SF&R Kalamazoo TCR series: 2023=15.8 · 2024=16.8 · BLS 2.8

Where SF&R Kalamazoo falls in its industry

1,634 Fence installation (except ele establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 30 Fence installation (except ele employers in Michigan.

SF&R Kalamazoo (19 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SF&R Kalamazoo
SF&R Kalamazoo (19 employees, TCR 16.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

SF&R Kalamazoo has fewer employees than the Fence installation (except electronic co median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024 16.8 0.0 4 0 0
2023 15.8 0.0 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · MI · Kalamazoo

1,634 Fence installation (except electronic containment fencing for pets) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Hutch Paving, Inc. 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pavement Company LLC 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Copper Creek Landscaping, Inc 16.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steiger Construction, Inc 16.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Everbest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Greenhouse) 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rieth-Riley - Houghton Lake 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arenac County Road Commission 19 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 Lile International Companies Branch 212 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Logan Square Enhanced Senior Living (PCH) 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McArthur 16.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambridge Operator LLC 16.3 TCR

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. 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.