Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI

Wyoming, MI · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI: 9.1 TCR = 274% of Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI safety composite

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.56 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

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI: 4.9 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.28× in 2024

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI's TCR rose 2.8 from 4.9 in 2022 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 14.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Wyoming, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 274% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Ametco Manufacturing…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ametco Manufacturing Corporation (0.1 TCR gap)

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Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI averages 9.1 TCR (274% of the Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=14.5 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI falls in its industry

309 Acoustical suspension systems, establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Acoustical suspension systems, employers in Michigan.

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI (42 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI
Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI (42 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Van Dam Iron Works, Inc. - Wyoming, MI has fewer employees than the Acoustical suspension systems, metal, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 7.7 2.6 3 0 0
2023 14.5 14.5 6 0 0
2022 4.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · MI · Wyoming

309 Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 199 employers in Wyoming, 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 Ametco Manufacturing Corporation 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JD Stairs, Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR HISTORICAL ARTS & CASTING, INC. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR KEITH CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Meter 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Jackson 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pennings & Sons 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CR Meyer - Muskegon 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Metro Health Main Hospital 1,976 FTE
CITY-NEAR MI-WYOMI08-Home Office - Wyoming MI 1,542 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIGRN - GRAND RAPIDS HUB 1,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR GRAND RAPIDS HUB (MIGRN) 1,345 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - FAR1 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - SAN3 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gbeni Logistics, LLC 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Birmingham Branch 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE McCurley of Yakima LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red River Brick Ogden 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydrafab North West 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE ComSonics - CMS 42 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. 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.