Buffing metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

west michigan metal services inc

Muskegon, MI · ~51 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

west michigan metal services inc runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Buffing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade A.

west michigan metal services inc: 0.7 TCR = 21% of Buffing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

west michigan metal services inc safety composite

west michigan metal services inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

west michigan metal services inc: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 3.97× in 2024

west michigan metal services inc's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332813 · Muskegon, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 21% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/48
  • PHOTO Raytheon_Dallas_TX_ …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raytheon_Dallas_TX_ RPM_Lemmon Avenue (0.0 TCR gap)

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west michigan metal services inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows west michigan metal services inc averages 0.7 TCR (21% of the Buffing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

west michigan metal services inc TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where west michigan metal services inc falls in its industry

585 Buffing metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 48 Buffing metals and metal produ employers in Michigan.

west michigan metal services inc (51 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate west michigan metal services inc
west michigan metal services inc (51 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 4.0

west michigan metal services inc has fewer employees than the Buffing metals and metal products for th median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332813 · MI · Muskegon

585 Buffing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, 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 Raytheon_Dallas_TX_ RPM_Lemmon Avenue 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richleray Corporation 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Del's Plating Works 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMP Plating Inc. 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Pine Farms, LLC 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay County Waste Water Treatment Plant 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner Electric Service, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillsdale County Road Commission 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Chestfld Pw St 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Rock Hill 10130 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Racine 10065 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Raminha Construction, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Agri Direct of Selma 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lenox 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elroy Health Services 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hygieia Biological Laboratories 51 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, 2021, 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.