Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing · Michigan
Valley City Sign Company
Comstock Park, MI · ~49 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley City Sign Company runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Valley City Sign Company: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley City Sign Company safety composite
Valley City Sign Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% 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
Valley City Sign Company: 0.0 → 2.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024
Valley City Sign Company's TCR rose 2.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339950 · Comstock Park, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #7/13
- PHOTO Sign Fab, Inc
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~49 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sign Fab, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley City Sign Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valley City Sign Company
3.1 TCR
- Sign Fab, Inc
Sign Fab, Inc
3.1 TCR
- NHM, Inc
NHM, Inc
3.1 TCR
- Creo Industria
Creo Industrial Arts, LLC
3.1 TCR
- Lewis
Lewis
3.1 TCR
What this shows Valley City Sign Company averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valley City Sign Company TCR series: 2017=0 · 2020=5 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=2 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Valley City Sign Company falls in its industry
405 Signs and signboards (except p establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Signs and signboards (except p employers in Michigan.
Valley City Sign Company has fewer employees than the Signs and signboards (except paper, pape 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 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339950 · MI · Comstock Park
405 Signs and signboards (except paper, paperboard) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 61 employers in Comstock Park, 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 | Sign Fab, Inc | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NHM, Inc | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Creo Industrial Arts, LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lewis | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 1003 Canal St | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Miller-Davis Company | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gundlach Champion, Inc. | 49 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CLOSNER CONSTRUCTION & SALES INC | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NBHX Trim USA | 369 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1923 | 356 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1923 | 334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Perrin, Inc. | 332 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Northgate School District | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | York County Government | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Holiday Inn Express New Martinsville WV | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Vibrant Technologies, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | S07392 - Waste Management of CO Energy Services | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S09636 - CWM Lake Charles Transportation | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | S05136 - Atlantic Waste Disposal | 49 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Arizona Western Main Fee | 49 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.