Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except packaging), manufacturing · Michigan

The KL Companies, INC

Muskegon, MI · ~120 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The KL Companies, INC runs at 239% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except packaging), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

The KL Companies, INC: 7.9 TCR = 239% of Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except packaging), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The KL Companies, INC safety composite

The KL Companies, INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

The KL Companies, INC held a steady TCR band

The KL Companies, INC's TCR held near 0.0 from 7.9 in 2020 to 7.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.9 · 2022=7.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326113 · Muskegon, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 239% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO WBC Extrusion Produc…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WBC Extrusion Products, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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The KL Companies, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The KL Companies, INC averages 7.9 TCR (239% of the Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except packaging), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

The KL Companies, INC TCR series: 2020=7.9 · 2022=7.9 · BLS 3.3

Where The KL Companies, INC falls in its industry

303 Sheet, plastics, unlaminated ( establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Sheet, plastics, unlaminated ( employers in Michigan.

The KL Companies, INC (120 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate The KL Companies, INC
The KL Companies, INC (120 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.9

The KL Companies, INC has more employees than the Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except pac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 7.9 7.9 12 0 0
2020 7.9 7.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326113 · MI · Muskegon

303 Sheet, plastics, unlaminated (except packaging), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, 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 WBC Extrusion Products, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Extrusion 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR GOEX Corporation 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agru America Fernley 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Elzinga & Volkers Inc. 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fennville MI 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ovid Plant 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ludington Plant 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR 0774 - Lake in the Hills Il Whse 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR RAdata, LLC. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Moritz Concrete, Inc. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Exterior Services 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Drywall Services HQ 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Legend Oaks Garland 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE GEON Performance Solutions 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZDOT 120 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: 2022, 2020. 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.