Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Thermo King Michigan, Inc.

Byron Center, MI · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. runs at 510% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Thermo King Michigan, Inc.: 11.2 TCR = 510% of Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. safety composite

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−11.8

2018→2024

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. injury rate improved

Thermo King Michigan, Inc.'s TCR fell 11.8 from 25.0 in 2018 to 13.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=25.0 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=16.1 · 2024=13.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423740 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 510% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P2
  • PHOTO Vittitow Refrigerati…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vittitow Refrigeration, Inc. (0.3 TCR gap)

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Thermo King Michigan, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thermo King Michigan, Inc. averages 11.2 TCR (510% of the Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. TCR series: 2018=25 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=16.1 · 2024=13.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Thermo King Michigan, Inc. falls in its industry

65 Refrigeration units, motor veh establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Thermo King Michigan, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Thermo King Michigan, Inc.
Thermo King Michigan, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Thermo King Michigan, Inc. has fewer employees than the Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 13.2 0.0 5 0 0
2023 16.1 0.0 6 0 0
2022 10.4 0.0 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 25.0 0.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423740 · MI · Byron Center

65 Refrigeration units, motor vehicle, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, 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 Vittitow Refrigeration, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAK47 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thermo King of Birmingham 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PH 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buist Electric 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterpiece Flower Company LLC 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Eerden Trucking 254 FTE
NAT-TCR Braker 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Nob Hill 636-Santa Clara 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR ARL002 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR DC5 San Bernardino 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Office 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Electric T&D- Meter Services and Warehouse 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recreation Department 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lifespan East Greenville 35 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.