Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18
Kalamazoo, MI · ~278 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18: 3.8 TCR = 114% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 safety composite
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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
−2.9
2018→2022
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 injury rate improved
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18's TCR fell 2.9 from 5.5 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=5.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 114% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #111/218
- PHOTO South Deerfield Faci…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~278 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: South Deerfield Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18
3.8 TCR
- South Deerfiel
South Deerfield Facility
3.8 TCR
- Surteco
Surteco
3.8 TCR
- M R Products,
M R Products, Inc.
3.8 TCR
- Carfair Compos
Carfair Composites USA
3.8 TCR
What this shows Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 averages 3.8 TCR (114% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 TCR series: 2018=5.5 · 2019=5.2 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 falls in its industry
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 218 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Michigan.
Summit Polymers Inc - Plant 18 has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · MI · Kalamazoo
2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | South Deerfield Facility | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Surteco | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | M R Products, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carfair Composites USA | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corby Energy Services, Inc. | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cadillac Asphalt LLC | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michigan Rubber Products | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DBN Tool Die | 278 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 | 389 - Marlboro | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 504 - Newark-DE | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 734 - Fayetteville-NY | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 776 - Draper | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Encompass health rehabilitation hospital of toms river | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies Inc. | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Peak Oilfield Services, LLC | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NYBC-LIC | 278 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.