Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing · Michigan

Tawas Tool Company

East Tawas, MI · ~114 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tawas Tool Company runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Tawas Tool Company: 4.0 TCR = 120% of Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tawas Tool Company safety composite

Tawas Tool Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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)
F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−4.2

2016→2024

Tawas Tool Company injury rate improved

Tawas Tool Company's TCR fell 4.2 from 6.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2019=4.0 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333515 · East Tawas, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 120% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #29/40
  • PHOTO Ossineke Industries
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ossineke Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tawas Tool Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tawas Tool Company averages 4.0 TCR (120% of the Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tawas Tool Company TCR series: 2016=6 · 2019=4 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Tawas Tool Company falls in its industry

221 Hopper feed devices (i.e., a m establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #29 safest of 40 Hopper feed devices (i.e., a m employers in Michigan.

Tawas Tool Company (114 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tawas Tool Company
Tawas Tool Company (114 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Tawas Tool Company has more employees than the Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine too median and a higher 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 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2019 4.0 0.8 4 1 0
2016 6.0 2.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333515 · MI · East Tawas

221 Hopper feed devices (i.e., a machine tool accessory) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 6 employers in East Tawas, 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 Ossineke Industries 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4039-03679800-00W001 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR H.B. Carbide 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR OSG USA, Inc. Bensenville, IL Factory 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Infrastructure Alternatives Inc 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Detroit 114 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northern Boiler & Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tawas Tool Company (1&2) 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cooper Standard Automotive - East Tawas Plant 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Tawas 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR S03661 - Tawas Transfer Station 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Oxnard DC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 038 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PCI Wilmington LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tell Tool 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cliffside Steam Station 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grower Merchandising Service LLC 114 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sealed Air 114 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, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.