Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Michigan

Zoetis GMS South

Portage, MI · ~164 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zoetis GMS South runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Zoetis GMS South: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zoetis GMS South safety composite

Zoetis GMS South scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Zoetis GMS South: 0.0 → 1.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 2.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.04× in 2024

Zoetis GMS South's TCR rose 1.5 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Portage, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #5/33
  • PHOTO Alcon Fort Worth
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~164 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alcon Fort Worth (0.0 TCR gap)

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Zoetis GMS South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zoetis GMS South averages 1.0 TCR (30% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Zoetis GMS South TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=0.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Zoetis GMS South falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

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 33 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Michigan.

Zoetis GMS South (164 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zoetis GMS South
Zoetis GMS South (164 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Zoetis GMS South has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2024 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
2023 1.1 0.8 3 0 0
2022 0.8 0.4 2 0 0
2021 2.4 1.2 4 0 0
2019 0.6 0.6 1 0 0
2018 1.4 0.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · MI · Portage

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, 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 Alcon Fort Worth 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Emergent BioSolutions 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NMR-Beloit 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DLC Laboratories, Inc. 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sachse Construction 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE 464 - Pharmacy Central Fill #2 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Castings LLC - Ludington 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Madison Heights 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments - 1941 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Medical 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers, Inc. 1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
NAT-TCR Rio Rancho Maintenance Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 335 - Cincinnati Fire 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lady Lake Specialty Care 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Robbie D. Wood, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Keeprite Refrigeration 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shawnee,OK 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walman Optical - Omaha 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Christ Panos Foods Corporation 164 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, 2019, 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.