Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan

Thumb Plastics, Inc.

Bad Axe, MI · ~112 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thumb Plastics, Inc. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Thumb Plastics, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thumb Plastics, Inc. safety composite

Thumb Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.8

2016→2024

Thumb Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

Thumb Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 3.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Bad Axe, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #85/218
  • PHOTO MAC Plastics Manufac…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MAC Plastics Manufacturing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Thumb Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Thumb Plastics, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Thumb Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=3 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Thumb Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and ext establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 218 Motor vehicle moldings and ext employers in Michigan.

Thumb Plastics, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Thumb Plastics, Inc.
Thumb Plastics, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Thumb Plastics, Inc. has more employees than the Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, p median and a lower 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 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2023 6.8 4.9 7 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
2021 3.6 2.4 3 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2019 1.5 0.8 2 0 0
2018 3.5 2.8 5 0 0
2017 3.0 2.3 4 0 0
2016 3.0 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · MI · Bad Axe

2,838 Motor vehicle moldings and extrusions, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Bad Axe, 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 MAC Plastics Manufacturing, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PVS Plastics Technology Corp. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR IG Design Group Americas, Inc. - Berwick, PA - Main Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baxter Manufacturing LLC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Andy Mast Greenhouses 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1557_3150 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rugged Liner, Plant 1 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knape & Vogt Eastern Warehouse 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR McLaren Thumb Region 306 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1592 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1592 255 FTE
CITY-NEAR 315 - Bad Axe 195 FTE
NAT-TCR Hammond Plasma Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dot Foods, Inc. Mt. Sterling 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6892 Austin Mueller Airport 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bayou Home Care LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dot Foods, Inc. Cambridge City, IN 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xanitos EVS at Enloe Medical Center 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunsolar Solutions Inc. 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baker Construction Enterprises, Inc. 112 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.