Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

300539-Grand Rapids

Kentwood, MI · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

300539-Grand Rapids runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

300539-Grand Rapids: 2.1 TCR = 97% of Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

300539-Grand Rapids safety composite

300539-Grand Rapids scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

300539-Grand Rapids: 0.0 → 4.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

300539-Grand Rapids's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.0 in 2020 to 4.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424120 · Kentwood, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 97% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK P74
  • PHOTO SPR Chicago
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SPR Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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300539-Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 300539-Grand Rapids averages 2.1 TCR (97% of the Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

300539-Grand Rapids TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · BLS 2.2

Where 300539-Grand Rapids falls in its industry

87 Pens, writing, merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
300539-Grand Rapids (41 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 05,00010,00015,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 300539-Grand Rapids
300539-Grand Rapids (41 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 3.3

300539-Grand Rapids has fewer employees than the Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424120 · MI · Kentwood

87 Pens, writing, merchant wholesalers 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 SPR Chicago 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Four Seasons Gen Mdse 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Punch Studio, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Essendant: Columbus OE 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 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 4818-WAKI 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-448-Pottery Barn 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 43291af - Tea 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio CAT - Cincinnati PSD 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pilgram Gardens 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rbco 35 Ar-Umi 90-35-01-90 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 60 OTP Industrial Solutions 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Aa Admiral Club Dfw Term a 41 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: 2021, 2020. 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.