Theme parks, amusement · Michigan
Wings Event Center
Kalamazoo, MI · ~122 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wings Event Center runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Theme parks, amusement workplace, earning a grade D.
Wings Event Center: 3.9 TCR = 125% of Theme parks, amusement BLS 3.1 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wings Event Center safety composite
Wings Event Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Wings Event Center: 5.0 → 10.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2024
Wings Event Center's TCR rose 5.7 from 5.0 in 2016 to 10.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 713110 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 125% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #4/6
- PHOTO Michigan's Adventure
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~122 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Michigan's Adventure (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wings Event Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wings Event Center
3.9 TCR
- Michigan's Adv
Michigan's Adventure
3.9 TCR
- Schlitterbahn
Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management, LLC
3.8 TCR
- West Berlin
West Berlin
3.8 TCR
- Kentucky Kingd
Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay
3.8 TCR
What this shows Wings Event Center averages 3.9 TCR (125% of the Theme parks, amusement BLS benchmark).
Wings Event Center TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=7.8 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 3.1
Where Wings Event Center falls in its industry
296 Theme parks, amusement establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Theme parks, amusement employers in Michigan.
Wings Event Center has fewer employees than the Theme parks, amusement median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 | 10.8 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
713110 · MI · Kalamazoo
296 Theme parks, amusement employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 | Michigan's Adventure | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Schlitterbahn Beach Resort Management, LLC | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | West Berlin | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wolgast Corporation | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Action Traffic Maintenance Inc. | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JK Masonry Inc | 122 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schad Boiler Setting Company | 122 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronson Methodist Hospital | 4,909 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road | 3,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments | 2,240 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1855-MIKAL1 | 2,103 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wohlsen Construction Self Perform | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Altium Packaging - Mt Airy | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Simpson - NB | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hartville Hardware | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Charlotte Dry | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aperion Care Westchester | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EMT | 122 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yargus Manufacturing, Inc. | 122 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.