Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

WAVE Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor, MI · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

WAVE Benton Harbor runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

WAVE Benton Harbor: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WAVE Benton Harbor safety composite

WAVE Benton Harbor scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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%).

WAVE Benton Harbor held a steady TCR band

WAVE Benton Harbor's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=7.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Benton Harbor, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/9
  • PHOTO Lavi Industries
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lavi Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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WAVE Benton Harbor in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WAVE Benton Harbor averages 1.6 TCR (49% 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

WAVE Benton Harbor TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where WAVE Benton Harbor falls in its industry

309 Acoustical suspension systems, establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #2 safest of 9 Acoustical suspension systems, employers in Michigan.

WAVE Benton Harbor (31 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 WAVE Benton Harbor
WAVE Benton Harbor (31 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

WAVE Benton Harbor has fewer employees than the Acoustical suspension systems, metal, ma median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.0 3.5 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · MI · Benton Harbor

309 Acoustical suspension systems, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 74 employers in Benton Harbor, 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 Lavi Industries 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WAVE Santa Fe Springs 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Steel Corporation 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Living Design Studios Inc 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melching Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2062 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gast Manufacturing 314 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2062 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Idex 281 FTE
NAT-TCR Hyperion Florida 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ID Technology 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacksonville 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas Star Casino 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quality Irrigation - Yuma 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wheeler Tank Manufacturing, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE L&P Painting Shop & Office 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley Metal Works 31 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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