Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Michigan

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc

Ada, MI · ~48 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc safety composite

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc: 0.0 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2024

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Ada, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #20/53
  • PHOTO Kirk & Blum Columbia
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kirk & Blum Columbia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=12.2 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 60% 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 #20 safest of 53 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Michigan.

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc (48 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc
Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc (48 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Waltz-Holst Blow Pipe Co. Inc has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings 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 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2022 5.2 5.2 3 0 0
2021 12.2 12.2 4 2 0
2020 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 1.7 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · MI · Ada

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 17 employers in Ada, 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 Kirk & Blum Columbia 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&E Manufacturing Company, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & J Precision Sheetmetal, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Osceola Telling 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sietsema Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Grade Aggregates, LLC 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ada World Headquarters 3,393 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mi Premier Logistics, LLC 216 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nutrilite Spaulding Plant 182 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3229_6219 94 FTE
NAT-TCR SHA Grasonville LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Highlands Diversified Services 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chestnut Street 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR TRIPAC-CORONA 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cabinet Restylers, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doubletree Suites by Hilton Columbus Downtown 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pietrini Contractors, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brighton 48 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.