Drywall board merchant wholesalers · Michigan

5601

Byron Center, MI · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

5601 runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Drywall board merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

5601: 3.2 TCR = 144% of Drywall board merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

5601 safety composite

5601 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2017

5601 injury rate improved

5601's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423310 · Byron Center, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.2 · 144% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Dixie Plywood & Lumb…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co. of Nashville (0.0 TCR gap)

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5601 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 5601 averages 3.2 TCR (144% of the Drywall board merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

5601 TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where 5601 falls in its industry

1,225 Drywall board merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Drywall board merchant wholesa employers in Michigan.

5601 (45 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 5601
5601 (45 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 41 employees and a TCR of 4.2

5601 has more employees than the Drywall board merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2017 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2016 4.2 2.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423310 · MI · Byron Center

1,225 Drywall board 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 Dixie Plywood & Lumber Co. of Nashville 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR VerHalen, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FlexScreen Pittsburgh, LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAMA'S GARDEN CENTER 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Junction Office 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeWeerdt Poultry Farm, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clare SC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Sebold and Associates, Inc. 45 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 Oldcastle OPI - Topeka 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Eureka (Caeur) 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3036 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Antenucci, Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE ADS Waverly 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.P. Eberlein Co., Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advance Transit, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clean Venture Inc. - Clayton 45 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: 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.