Food processing plant construction · Michigan

Van Hessen USA Coldwater

Coldwater, MI · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Hessen USA Coldwater runs at 265% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food processing plant construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Hessen USA Coldwater: 7.7 TCR = 265% of Food processing plant construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Hessen USA Coldwater safety composite

Van Hessen USA Coldwater scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−15.4

2022→2023

Van Hessen USA Coldwater injury rate improved

Van Hessen USA Coldwater's TCR fell 15.4 from 15.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=15.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Coldwater, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 265% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #37/39
  • PHOTO K-Wood Truss Rafters…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: K-Wood Truss Rafters, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Hessen USA Coldwater in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Hessen USA Coldwater averages 7.7 TCR (265% of the Food processing plant construction BLS benchmark).

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

Van Hessen USA Coldwater TCR series: 2022=15.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.9

Where Van Hessen USA Coldwater falls in its industry

924 Food processing plant construc establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 39 Food processing plant construc employers in Michigan.

Van Hessen USA Coldwater (25 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Hessen USA Coldwater
Van Hessen USA Coldwater (25 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Van Hessen USA Coldwater has fewer employees than the Food processing plant construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 15.4 11.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · MI · Coldwater

924 Food processing plant construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 64 employers in Coldwater, 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 K-Wood Truss Rafters, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Floats Inc. Timber Division 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.L. WALTER - ASSOCIATES INC. 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hodge Products, Inc. 7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazel Park 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayside Best Beans LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric- Blanchard 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coldwater Facility 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6043 912 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6043 795 FTE
CITY-NEAR ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital 537 FTE
NAT-TCR Bogen 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR FSoil LLC 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Longenecker's Hatchery, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Waltham Lumber Co. 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Knights' 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westonka ISD #277-ESC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sierra Traffic Service /Sierra Barricade Service /Terry Traffic Ent. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swift County Homes, Inc 25 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: 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.