Retail · Michigan

191 - Plainwell

Plainwell, MI · ~249 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

191 - Plainwell runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade A.

191 - Plainwell: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

191 - Plainwell safety composite

191 - Plainwell scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

86/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2021→2024

191 - Plainwell injury rate improved

191 - Plainwell's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 455211 · Plainwell, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/141
  • PHOTO 019 - Norton Shores
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~249 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 019 - Norton Shores (0.0 TCR gap)

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191 - Plainwell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 191 - Plainwell averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

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

191 - Plainwell TCR series: 2021=1.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 191 - Plainwell falls in its industry

1,491 Retail establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 141 Retail employers in Michigan.

191 - Plainwell (249 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 260 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 100200300400500600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate 191 - Plainwell
191 - Plainwell (249 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 260 employees and a TCR of 4.8

191 - Plainwell has fewer employees than the Retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.8 2.3 5 0 0
2022 1.6 0.5 3 0 0
2021 1.5 0.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

455211 · MI · Plainwell

1,491 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 43 employers in Plainwell, 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 019 - Norton Shores 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 129 - Pike Plaza Indianapolis 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 070 - Woodhaven 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 109 - Commerce 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1000 - BELFOR Birmingham MI 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Foods Company 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE MI-WYOMI01-Wyoming - 333 249 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Inc 191 249 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS Plainwell INC 1,307 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2061 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2061 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tokusen HyTech Inc. 134 FTE
NAT-TCR North Pointe Health & Rehab 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR C&C Metal Recycling LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Zimmer Biomet Tribecular Metal Technology 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 104614 - MECT - VMR South Central LRT 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 273 - Mokena 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal Crest Dairy, Inc 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE TCC Corporate 249 FTE
NAT-SIZE 8027605 Heartland Automotive 249 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.