Construction machinery manufacturing · Michigan

Somero Enterprises, Inc.

Houghton, MI · ~122 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Somero Enterprises, Inc. runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Somero Enterprises, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Somero Enterprises, Inc. safety composite

Somero Enterprises, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−2.0

2017→2018

Somero Enterprises, Inc. injury rate improved

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.0 from 5.8 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.8 · 2018=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Houghton, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO Osceola
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Osceola (0.0 TCR gap)

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Somero Enterprises, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Somero Enterprises, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Somero Enterprises, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.8 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Somero Enterprises, Inc. falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #9 safest of 15 Construction machinery manufac employers in Michigan.

Somero Enterprises, Inc. (122 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Somero Enterprises, Inc.
Somero Enterprises, Inc. (122 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Somero Enterprises, Inc. has more employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing 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
2018 3.8 3.8 5 0 0
2017 5.8 4.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · MI · Houghton

400 Construction machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 19 employers in Houghton, 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 Osceola 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bandit Industries, Inc. - Main 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dymax Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skylift Ic. 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wolgast Corporation 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Action Traffic Maintenance Inc. 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE JK Masonry Inc 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schad Boiler Setting Company 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2192 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2192 327 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rice Center 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Somero Enterprises, Inc. - Michigan 124 FTE
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #549 (Hardin, MT) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro/Davidson County 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Xerium / Stowe Woodward GA 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE GUM 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clippers 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Disposal - Norristown Hauling 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant 1 122 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: 2018, 2017. 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.