Dental laboratories · Michigan

Ward Dental Lab

Birghton, MI · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Dental Lab runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dental laboratories workplace, earning a grade B.

Ward Dental Lab: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Dental laboratories BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Dental Lab safety composite

Ward Dental Lab scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Ward Dental Lab held a steady TCR band

Ward Dental Lab's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339116 · Birghton, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/12
  • PHOTO Barksdale Dental Lab…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barksdale Dental Lab, Inc. Huntsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Dental Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Dental Lab averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Dental laboratories BLS benchmark).

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

Ward Dental Lab TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Ward Dental Lab falls in its industry

184 Dental laboratories establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Dental laboratories employers in Michigan.

Ward Dental Lab (36 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Ward Dental Lab
Ward Dental Lab (36 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Ward Dental Lab has fewer employees than the Dental laboratories median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339116 · MI · Birghton

184 Dental laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Barksdale Dental Lab, Inc. Huntsville 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DiMartino 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&S Dental Laboratory - Waunakee 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 20 W 1st 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE R & R ASPHALT INC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Water Energy Center 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Haven Office 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Mi Metals, Inc. (Millersburg) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Store #67 (Twin Falls, ID) 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Emerald Village Senior Living 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc. - Executive Office 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE HQ 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lavonia Hatchery 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1701 Moler Rd 36 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.