Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) · Michigan

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI

Frankenmuth, MI · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) workplace, earning a grade D.

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI: 4.2 TCR = 126% of Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI safety composite

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI: 2.1 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2024

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI's TCR rose 4.3 from 2.1 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311211 · Frankenmuth, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 126% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #6/10
  • PHOTO Grain Craft McPherso…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grain Craft McPherson KS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI averages 4.2 TCR (126% of the Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS benchmark).

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

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI TCR series: 2016=2.1 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=7.5 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI falls in its industry

209 Flour mills, cereals grains (e establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 10 Flour mills, cereals grains (e employers in Michigan.

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI (76 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI
Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI (76 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI has more employees than the Flour mills, cereals grains (except brea median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 6.4 3.8 5 0 0
2023 7.5 4.5 5 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 4 0 0
2021 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2020 7.3 6.3 7 0 0
2019 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2018 3.4 3.4 3 0 0
2017 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2016 2.1 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311211 · MI · Frankenmuth

209 Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 20 employers in Frankenmuth, 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 Grain Craft McPherson KS 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muleshoe TX 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viobin 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ardent Mills Stockton 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fluresh Grand Rapids 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Operation Grow, LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Developments 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benton Harbor Service Center 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zehnder's of Frankenmuth 862 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronner's Christmas Wonderland 398 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bavarian Inn Lodge 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00436 127 FTE
NAT-TCR Hart Brothers Construction, Inc. dba Aquatic Technologies 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia MO FXFE-COU 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cuddy Roofing Company Inc 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Schilling Mokena 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Des Plaines - Public Works 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kre-Bsl Husky Concord Operation LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Mountain Enterprises, LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Hill 76 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, 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.