Books printing and binding without publishing · Michigan

Sheridan Books, Inc.

Chelsea, MI · ~329 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheridan Books, Inc. runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Books printing and binding without publishing workplace, earning a grade B.

Sheridan Books, Inc.: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Books printing and binding without publishing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheridan Books, Inc. safety composite

Sheridan Books, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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

−5.1

2016→2023

Sheridan Books, Inc. injury rate improved

Sheridan Books, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.1 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323117 · Chelsea, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO The Sheridan Press
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Sheridan Press (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheridan Books, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheridan Books, Inc. averages 2.6 TCR (80% 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

Sheridan Books, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Sheridan Books, Inc. falls in its industry

116 Books printing and binding wit establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #4 safest of 8 Books printing and binding wit employers in Michigan.

Sheridan Books, Inc. (329 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Sheridan Books, Inc.
Sheridan Books, Inc. (329 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sheridan Books, Inc. has more 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
2023 0.7 0.7 2 0 0
2022 2.1 1.2 7 0 0
2021 2.6 1.1 3 6 0
2020 1.8 1.2 6 0 0
2019 2.4 1.6 9 0 0
2018 3.1 0.9 10 0 0
2017 2.7 2.7 8 0 0
2016 5.7 2.7 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323117 · MI · Chelsea

116 Books printing and binding without publishing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 27 employers in Chelsea, 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 The Sheridan Press 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bind Rite 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bang Printing of Ohio dba Hess Print Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arvato_Valencia 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Emergent Biodefense Operatlons Lansing 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE Automatic Spring Products Corporation 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walbro LLC 329 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3476 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital 1,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chelsea Proving Grounds 636 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Methodist Retirement Communities 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chelsea Milling Company 326 FTE
NAT-TCR Mill-Rite Woodworking Company, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Freund-Vector Corporation 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR M&R Plating,Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Davis Motor Crane Service, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE JST Corporation 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Basler Electric Company - Highland 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stellar Industrial Solutions Inc. 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Area Storage and Transfer, Inc. 329 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.