Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing · Michigan

Tool North Inc.

Traverse City, MI · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Tool North Inc. runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Tool North Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tool North Inc. safety composite

Tool North Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Tool North Inc. held a steady TCR band

Tool North Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.8 in 2023 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Traverse City, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/58
  • PHOTO Sure-loc Aluminum Ed…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sure-loc Aluminum Edging (0.0 TCR gap)

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Tool North Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Tool North Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Tool North Inc. TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Tool North Inc. falls in its industry

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 58 Machine tools, metal cutting, employers in Michigan.

Tool North Inc. (38 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Tool North Inc.
Tool North Inc. (38 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Tool North Inc. has fewer employees than the Machine tools, metal cutting, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MI · Traverse City

391 Machine tools, metal cutting, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 197 employers in Traverse City, 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 Sure-loc Aluminum Edging 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Radial Grinding & Mfg. Corp. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Grinding & Sales, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sombur 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westview Orchards 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell & Scully, Inc. 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Medical Center 3,845 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare 830 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 569 FTE
NAT-TCR Lalaf - Lafayette 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Baptist Health System Jacksonville Baptist-Segynecologic Oncology 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR North Cascade Excavating 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 300000170856251 - MA-Shrewsbury-Operating Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Blue Springs Service Center 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Roofing of Oklahoma 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE PLC Trenching Co., Inc. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE UHM/CTAHR/PEPS 38 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. 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.