Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing · Michigan

Zander Colloids

Fenton, MI · ~27 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zander Colloids runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Zander Colloids: 5.5 TCR = 168% of Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zander Colloids safety composite

Zander Colloids scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

Zander Colloids: 14.4 → 15.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 15.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.03× in 2024

Zander Colloids's TCR rose 0.6 from 14.4 in 2016 to 15.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Fenton, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 168% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #18/21
  • PHOTO CADY Industries
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CADY Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zander Colloids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zander Colloids averages 5.5 TCR (168% of the Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zander Colloids TCR series: 2016=14.4 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=15 · BLS 3.3

Where Zander Colloids falls in its industry

485 Lubricating oils and greases, establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 21 Lubricating oils and greases, employers in Michigan.

Zander Colloids (27 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zander Colloids
Zander Colloids (27 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Zander Colloids has fewer employees than the Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 15.0 11.2 3 1 0
2023 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.9 0.4 2 0 0
2016 14.4 7.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · MI · Fenton

485 Lubricating oils and greases, synthetic, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 46 employers in Fenton, 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 CADY Industries 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kurita America - Grapevine 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Exfluor Research Corporation 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Phoenix Inc, Lawton, OK 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2693 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burgaflex North America 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2693 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kelsey-Hayes Company-Fenton 252 FTE
NAT-TCR KLK Construction 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Scenic Hills at the Monastery 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Tobias Wildlife Park 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Dallas (311) 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plover Facility 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Palm Plant 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winston Steel, LLC - Junia Location 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elder Construction, Inc - Colorado Springs 27 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.