Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased · Michigan

Universal Consumer Products INC

White Pigeon, MI · ~61 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Consumer Products INC runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Consumer Products INC: 8.2 TCR = 248% of Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Consumer Products INC safety composite

Universal Consumer Products INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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 8.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Universal Consumer Products INC: 1.7 → 5.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2019

Universal Consumer Products INC's TCR rose 3.4 from 1.7 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325991 · White Pigeon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.2 · 248% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO Deckorators Inc dba …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deckorators Inc dba Cedar Poly (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Consumer Products INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Consumer Products INC averages 8.2 TCR (248% of the Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Consumer Products INC TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=14.5 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Consumer Products INC falls in its industry

342 Plastics resins, custom compou establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 20 Plastics resins, custom compou employers in Michigan.

Universal Consumer Products INC (61 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Consumer Products INC
Universal Consumer Products INC (61 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Universal Consumer Products INC has fewer employees than the Plastics resins, custom compounding of p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 5.1 5.1 3 0 0
2018 11.5 9.2 4 1 0
2017 14.5 14.5 8 0 0
2016 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325991 · MI · White Pigeon

342 Plastics resins, custom compounding of purchased employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 12 employers in White Pigeon, 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 Deckorators Inc dba Cedar Poly 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tymex Plastics Inc 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foster West Corporation 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGCCA Thorndale Plant 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sietsema Farms Feeds 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolverine Service Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.R. Heineman & Sons, Inc. 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4785_10911 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merhow Acquisition LLC 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Pigeon Division 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR DECKORATORS INC 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR White Pigeon Paper Company 90 FTE
NAT-TCR The Haven at Springwood 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 447 ABC Supply Co., inc 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR #193 Marlboro Shoprite 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FDD SOCAL South - COI South - DTI 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Birko Corporation - Henderson 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senior Star at West Park Place 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clay County Health Department 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE IA,SHELDON - Campus - Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 61 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: 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.