Homecenter · Michigan

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi

Kentwood, MI · ~160 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Homecenter workplace, earning a grade D.

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi: 5.9 TCR = 174% of Homecenter BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi safety composite

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi: 5.3 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.95× in 2024

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi's TCR rose 1.3 from 5.3 in 2023 to 6.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444110 · Kentwood, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 174% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #134/196
  • PHOTO Belletetes Peterboro…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~160 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Belletetes Peterborough (0.0 TCR gap)

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1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi averages 5.9 TCR (174% of the Homecenter BLS benchmark).

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

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi TCR series: 2023=5.3 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi falls in its industry

6,309 Homecenter establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #134 safest of 196 Homecenter employers in Michigan.

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi (160 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi
1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi (160 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.7

1517 Lowe S of Kentwood Mi has more employees than the Homecenter median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 6.6 5.7 7 0 0
2023 5.3 4.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444110 · MI · Kentwood

6,309 Homecenter employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Kentwood, 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 Belletetes Peterborough 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Williams Lumber Branch 8000 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAFAYETTE SOUTH IN - 3156 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1191 LOWE S OF NOBLESVILLE IN 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company- HQ 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dawn Food Products - Jackson Manufacturing 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Products Packaging Company 160 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mission 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5 1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC - H1 656 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Food Solutions H5 346 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trees LLC 484 346 FTE
NAT-TCR STR0001 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrisburg 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wagstaff 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber 388 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilsonville, OR 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Morning Star Packing Company 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay, WI 160 FTE
NAT-SIZE Riverview Pointe Care Center 160 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.