Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished · Michigan
Trenton Forging Company
Trenton, MI · ~89 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Trenton Forging Company runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished workplace, earning a grade D.
Trenton Forging Company: 5.2 TCR = 157% of Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Trenton Forging Company safety composite
Trenton Forging Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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)
- D 5.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 22% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
Trenton Forging Company: 5.4 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024
Trenton Forging Company's TCR rose 0.9 from 5.4 in 2018 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332111 · Trenton, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 157% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #12/21
- PHOTO General Dynamics OTS…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 26 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: General Dynamics OTS (Wilkes-Barre), LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Trenton Forging Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Trenton Forging Company
5.2 TCR
- General Dynami
General Dynamics OTS (Wilkes-Barre), LLC
5.2 TCR
- Walker Forge,
Walker Forge, Inc.
5.2 TCR
- Gauthier Indus
Gauthier Industries Inc
5.1 TCR
- Pearce Foundry
Pearce Foundry
5.1 TCR
What this shows Trenton Forging Company averages 5.2 TCR (157% of the Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished BLS benchmark).
Trenton Forging Company TCR series: 2018=5.4 · 2019=2.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Trenton Forging Company falls in its industry
241 Hammer forgings made from purc establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Hammer forgings made from purc employers in Michigan.
Trenton Forging Company has more employees than the Hammer forgings made from purchased iron median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332111 · MI · Trenton
241 Hammer forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 36 employers in Trenton, 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 | General Dynamics OTS (Wilkes-Barre), LLC | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walker Forge, Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gauthier Industries Inc | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pearce Foundry | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | West Branch SC | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Kalamazoo-Public Services-Harrison | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Balkema Excavating, Inc | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 28_22 | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2250-7 | 1,315 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trenton South Engine Plant | 892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Trenton Engine Plant North | 794 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steel Tool & Engineering | 597 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 40505 - CAPSTONE FAMILY DOLLAR Maquoketa IA | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RVI-Cuthbert | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AFP Distributors Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Log Creek Thinning Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | City of New Prague | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dove Canyon Golf Club | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sacramento Hcc/Hvc | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Minneapolis Mn Harbor Light | 89 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.