Dies, metalworking (except threading), manufacturing · Michigan

Usher Tool & Die Inc.

Byron Center, MI · ~26 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Usher Tool & Die Inc. runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dies, metalworking (except threading), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Usher Tool & Die Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Dies, metalworking (except threading), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Usher Tool & Die Inc. safety composite

Usher Tool & Die Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

Usher Tool & Die Inc. injury rate improved

Usher Tool & Die Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2020=12.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #69/131
  • PHOTO Elizabeth Companies 1
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elizabeth Companies 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Usher Tool & Die Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Usher Tool & Die Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Dies, metalworking (except threading), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Usher Tool & Die Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2020=12.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Usher Tool & Die Inc. falls in its industry

387 Dies, metalworking (except thr establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #69 safest of 131 Dies, metalworking (except thr employers in Michigan.

Usher Tool & Die Inc. (26 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Usher Tool & Die Inc.
Usher Tool & Die Inc. (26 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Usher Tool & Die Inc. has fewer employees than the Dies, metalworking (except threading), m median and a higher 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 12.8 6.4 2 0 0
2016 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · MI · Byron Center

387 Dies, metalworking (except threading), manufacturing 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 Elizabeth Companies 1 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arnold Tool & Die Co 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fox Valley Tool & Die Plant 2 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mathias Die Company 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 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 STD Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pg Golf 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Denison Tx - 838 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Bristol LLC 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Office 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockford, IL 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Acoustic Contractors 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trenton Group Inc. d/b/a Hanover Concrete Co. 26 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, 2020, 2016. 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.