Television housings, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant
Sturgis, MI · ~155 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Television housings, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Television housings, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant safety composite
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant: 2.1 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.3× in 2024
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant's TCR rose 4.0 from 2.1 in 2023 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 326199 · Sturgis, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #119/218
- PHOTO ADAC Automotive, Inc…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~155 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Saranac Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant
4.1 TCR
- ADAC Automotiv
ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Saranac Plant
4.1 TCR
- Airwest Mold
Airwest Mold
4.1 TCR
- Rimco Plastics
Rimco Plastics Corporation
4.1 TCR
- Pella Vinyl Wi
Pella Vinyl Windows
4.1 TCR
What this shows Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Television housings, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant falls in its industry
2,838 Television housings, plastics, establishmentsSafer than 41% 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 #119 safest of 218 Television housings, plastics, employers in Michigan.
Summit Polymers Inc, Syntech Plant has more employees than the Television housings, plastics, manufactu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
326199 · MI · Sturgis
2,838 Television housings, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 35 employers in Sturgis, 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 | ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Saranac Plant | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Airwest Mold | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rimco Plastics Corporation | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pella Vinyl Windows | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Alma SC | 155 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Otis Elevator Company-Detroit | 155 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GM Wood Products | 155 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Evergreen Packaging - Kalamazoo | 155 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AN Sturgis | 482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Morgan Olson Plant 5 | 426 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Morgan Olson Plant 1 | 357 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Burr Oak Tool Inc. | 314 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Western Reserve Hospital, LLC | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brent Industries LLC | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Masde - Deerfield | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Springfield Mass Transit District | 155 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alltrista Plastics, LLC | 155 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yupo Corporation America | 155 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RTI Advanced Forming, Inc. - Washington | 155 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.