Commercial printing (except screen, books) · Michigan
Tepel Brothers Printing
Troy, MI · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tepel Brothers Printing runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial printing (except screen, books) workplace, earning a grade D.
Tepel Brothers Printing: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tepel Brothers Printing safety composite
Tepel Brothers Printing 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.96 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
Tepel Brothers Printing: 2.7 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2023
Tepel Brothers Printing's TCR rose 1.3 from 2.7 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 323111 · Troy, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #37/55
- PHOTO CHALFONT PA
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CHALFONT PA (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tepel Brothers Printing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tepel Brothers Printing
4.5 TCR
- CHALFONT PA
CHALFONT PA
4.5 TCR
- Flagship Press
Flagship Press Inc.
4.5 TCR
- Nite-Bright Si
Nite-Bright Sign Co., Inc.
4.5 TCR
- SG360 Broadvie
SG360 Broadview
4.5 TCR
What this shows Tepel Brothers Printing averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Commercial printing (except screen, books) BLS benchmark).
Tepel Brothers Printing TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=14.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.5 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=4 · BLS 3.3
Where Tepel Brothers Printing falls in its industry
2,001 Commercial printing (except sc establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 55 Commercial printing (except sc employers in Michigan.
Tepel Brothers Printing has fewer employees than the Commercial printing (except screen, book median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14.7 | 12.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
323111 · MI · Troy
2,001 Commercial printing (except screen, books) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 237 employers in Troy, 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 | CHALFONT PA | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flagship Press Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nite-Bright Sign Co., Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SG360 Broadview | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | McCarthy & Smith Inc | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | First Companies INC | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | P.J. Steel | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baker Construction Company Inc | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2250-309 | 5,397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Henry Ford Troy - Maple Road | 1,702 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Headquarters | 1,607 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Troy - Maple Road | 1,361 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Suit-Kote Jamestown (Road) | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Beaver Coach Sales & Service of OR, LLC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hudson CO | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crestwood Manor Stockton | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OWR Mechanical Inc DBA Monarch Mechanical | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C.S. Osborne & Co. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Opelika - Poweteq, LLC | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plastic Ingenuity, Inc. - Maumelle | 75 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.