Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

BodyCote Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, MI · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BodyCote Grand Rapids runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade C.

BodyCote Grand Rapids: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BodyCote Grand Rapids safety composite

BodyCote Grand Rapids scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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)
C 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

BodyCote Grand Rapids held a steady TCR band

BodyCote Grand Rapids's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.8 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #12/43
  • PHOTO Easy Drive
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Easy Drive (0.0 TCR gap)

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BodyCote Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BodyCote Grand Rapids averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Heat treating 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

BodyCote Grand Rapids TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where BodyCote Grand Rapids falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #12 safest of 43 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Michigan.

BodyCote Grand Rapids (35 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BodyCote Grand Rapids
BodyCote Grand Rapids (35 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

BodyCote Grand Rapids has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products 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
2024 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Grand Rapids

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade 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 Easy Drive 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Imprex a Godfrey & Wing Company 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cincinnati Gearing Systems Inc. - Mariemont 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydro Honing Laboratories 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 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 Specialty Coating & Laminating 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR MRK Industries, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bear IC, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR WWT 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Center of HOPE of Myrtle Beach 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 140 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 072 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 033 35 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. 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.