Forklift repair and maintenance services · Michigan

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood

Kentwood, MI · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Forklift repair and maintenance services workplace, earning a grade B.

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood: 1.4 TCR = 68% of Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS 2.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood safety composite

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−0.4

2016→2021

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood injury rate improved

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood's TCR fell 0.4 from 2.4 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 811310 · Kentwood, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #24/114
  • PHOTO MSI-Houma
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MSI-Houma (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alta Equipment Company Kentwood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alta Equipment Company Kentwood averages 1.4 TCR (68% of the Forklift repair and maintenance services BLS benchmark).

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

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · BLS 2.1

Where Alta Equipment Company Kentwood falls in its industry

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenanc establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 114 Forklift repair and maintenanc employers in Michigan.

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood (50 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Alta Equipment Company Kentwood
Alta Equipment Company Kentwood (50 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Alta Equipment Company Kentwood has more employees than the Forklift repair and maintenance services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2017 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

811310 · MI · Kentwood

2,560 Forklift repair and maintenance services 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 MSI-Houma 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Southern Atlantic : SVC-CharlestonSC-USA 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ITT Inc. Stafford USA- IP 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOC Pleasant Grove 2 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 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 Kelly's Foods Concepts - Georgia 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wausau Manufacturing Facility 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Health Depew NY 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hostess Brands Emporia 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mangum Skilled Nursing and Therapy 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE knox1926 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Hardwoods of Ohio, Inc. - Vincent 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Civil Resources 50 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.