General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc.

Battle Creek, MI · ~110 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 75% of General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. safety composite

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. injury rate improved

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 2.2 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 75% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/57
  • PHOTO ENGEL Machinery, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ENGEL Machinery, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (75% of the General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=2.1 · 2018=1.7 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. falls in its industry

911 General-purpose industrial mac establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 57 General-purpose industrial mac employers in Michigan.

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. (110 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc.
Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. (110 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Shouldice Industrial Manufacturers and Contractors, Inc. has more employees than the General-purpose industrial machinery and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2020 1.9 0.9 2 0 0
2019 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2018 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 2.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · MI · Battle Creek

911 General-purpose industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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 ENGEL Machinery, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 100 ~ Waukesha Pearce Industries 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5036_12552 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vaccon Company Inc 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMI - MI 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davis Construction, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant 4 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR HENDERSONVILLE 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Silgan Containers St Joseph 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR American & Efird Dyeing & Finishing Plant 15 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hildreth Electric 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0514 Hyannis 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vistar Mid-Atlantic - 1030 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Cushing Park 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fenner Dunlop Americas - Lavonia 110 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, 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.