Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3)

Walker, MI · ~288 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3): 1.9 TCR = 34% of Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) safety composite

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) held a steady TCR band

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.8 in 2020 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=1.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336370 · Walker, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 34% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #14/165
  • PHOTO GM Marion Stamping
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~288 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GM Marion Stamping (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) averages 1.9 TCR (34% of the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 5.4

Where Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) falls in its industry

510 Job stampings, automotive, met establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 165 Job stampings, automotive, met employers in Michigan.

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) (288 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 05001,0001,500 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3)
Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) (288 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Walker Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 3) has more employees than the Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 1.9 1.4 10 0 0
2023 2.3 1.4 13 0 0
2022 1.4 0.8 7 0 0
2020 1.8 0.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336370 · MI · Walker

510 Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 67 employers in Walker, 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 GM Marion Stamping 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Autokiniton Greenville Manufacturing 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tower International 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Die & Stamping 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Leprino Foods, Allendale 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE DreamFields Michigan, LLC 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE PTI Engineered Plastics 288 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triumph Group - Macomb 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DGR1 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR BHI Bissell Homecare Inc. 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walker Stamping & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 1) 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids 465 FTE
NAT-TCR East Coast News FL 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Coyote Lake Feeders LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Michaels Elementary 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Turbo Drill Industries 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mom's Meals Fleur Call Center 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cabinetworks Group 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1151 - Princeton 288 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1884 - West Hollywood 288 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.