Alkyd resins manufacturing · Michigan

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant

Grand Rapids, MI · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alkyd resins manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant: 2.4 TCR = 72% of Alkyd resins manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant safety composite

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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%).

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant held a steady TCR band

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.5 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325211 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 72% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/31
  • PHOTO SDR Plastics
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SDR Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant averages 2.4 TCR (72% of the Alkyd resins manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant falls in its industry

644 Alkyd resins manufacturing establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 31 Alkyd resins manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant (28 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant
Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant (28 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Arkema Inc. Grand Rapids Plant has fewer employees than the Alkyd resins manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2019 3.5 0.0 0 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.5 3.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325211 · MI · Grand Rapids

644 Alkyd resins manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 SDR Plastics 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elk Mills 1 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BASF Corp - Polyurethanes 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dart Container Leola Bead 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamlin Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossroads Dairy 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Assembly DBA Grand Traverse Pallet 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zeeland Generation 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Community Visiting Nurse Agency, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Specialty Mfg Co 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wakefield - Office 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Wegmans Potomac Mills 055 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE HoneywellMO26 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lott Oil Co.Inc.(LOC6) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Refining Group-Sandyville 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE LaPlace Stevedoring 28 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: 2019, 2018, 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.