Painting metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

52nd Paint West

Kentwood, MI · ~76 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

52nd Paint West runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Painting metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

52nd Paint West: 5.5 TCR = 167% of Painting metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

52nd Paint West safety composite

52nd Paint West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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)
D 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−7.3

2016→2024

52nd Paint West injury rate improved

52nd Paint West's TCR fell 7.3 from 10.2 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Kentwood, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 167% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #32/47
  • PHOTO ST Fastening Systems…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ST Fastening Systems - Commerce (0.0 TCR gap)

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52nd Paint West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 52nd Paint West averages 5.5 TCR (167% of the Painting metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

52nd Paint West TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=4.6 · 2018=7 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=4.1 · 2021=9.2 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where 52nd Paint West falls in its industry

646 Painting metals and metal prod establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 47 Painting metals and metal prod employers in Michigan.

52nd Paint West (76 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 52nd Paint West
52nd Paint West (76 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

52nd Paint West has more employees than the Painting metals and metal products for t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 2.8 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.4 8.7 6 0 0
2021 9.2 5.5 5 0 0
2020 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2018 7.0 5.8 6 0 0
2017 4.6 0.8 6 0 0
2016 10.2 3.1 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MI · Kentwood

646 Painting metals and metal products for the trade 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 ST Fastening Systems - Commerce 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 101 Kindleberger 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rack Processing Dayton 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - San Antonio, LLC 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fluresh Grand Rapids 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Operation Grow, LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Developments 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benton Harbor Service Center 76 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 Hartford Terminal 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR KBC Storage, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Vcf 126 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NNW 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Diversified Interiors 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brackett Builders, Inc. 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Alloys and Metals Columbus 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE O&M Texarkana 76 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.