Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

42251c - Grand Rapids

Byron Center, MI · ~68 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

42251c - Grand Rapids runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

42251c - Grand Rapids: 2.0 TCR = 91% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42251c - Grand Rapids safety composite

42251c - Grand Rapids scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

42251c - Grand Rapids: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2021

42251c - Grand Rapids's TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Byron Center, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #8/23
  • PHOTO 42621B - EASTON DC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 42621B - EASTON DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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42251c - Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 42251c - Grand Rapids averages 2.0 TCR (91% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

42251c - Grand Rapids TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where 42251c - Grand Rapids falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 23 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Michigan.

42251c - Grand Rapids (68 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate 42251c - Grand Rapids
42251c - Grand Rapids (68 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42251c - Grand Rapids has more employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 2.8 2.8 2 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2018 4.0 1.4 3 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

424450 · MI · Byron Center

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 78 employers in Byron Center, 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 42621B - EASTON DC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49341AH - YAKIMA BIN 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 43121C - MERRILLVILLE DC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SPOKANE ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30001926 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Lansing 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Thermal 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Erhardt Construction 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1001 - BELFOR Livonia MI 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buist Electric 390 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lumbermen's Inc. Byron Center 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Masterpiece Flower Company LLC 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Eerden Trucking 254 FTE
NAT-TCR 42621b - Easton Dc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 49341ah - Yakima Bin 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Las Vegas Fulfillment Center 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-FORL 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 44511g - Greenville Dc 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Truck Funding 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cupples J&J Dyersburg 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE ValleyInd Main 68 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.