BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Michigan

Carter Lumber 239

Lansing, MI · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 239 runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade D.

Carter Lumber 239: 5.0 TCR = 148% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 239 safety composite

Carter Lumber 239 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

−8.4

2018→2024

Carter Lumber 239 injury rate improved

Carter Lumber 239's TCR fell 8.4 from 13.5 in 2018 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=13.5 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444190 · Lansing, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 148% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #30/54
  • PHOTO 21 Denver Yard
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 21 Denver Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 239 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 239 averages 5.0 TCR (148% of the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS benchmark).

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

Carter Lumber 239 TCR series: 2018=13.5 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=4 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 239 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 54 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Michigan.

Carter Lumber 239 (34 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carter Lumber 239
Carter Lumber 239 (34 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 239 has fewer employees than the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 5.1 2.6 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 6.2 3.1 4 0 0
2018 13.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · MI · Lansing

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 410 employers in Lansing, 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 21 Denver Yard 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cancos Tile and Stone Showroom 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Waterworks, Inc Hunter Ave 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR WOODWARD ACE HARDWARE 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GS Ashley LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sportel Greenhouses, LLC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dearborn Industrial Generation LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lansing Delta Township Assembly 2,608 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Lansing Delta Township Assembly 2,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR LCC - Main 2,258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lansing Grand River Assembly 1,648 FTE
NAT-TCR Butler Memorial Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Zeigler Berwyn Preowned 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nclen - Lenoir 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FV Heart Care Clinic St Johns 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE JNB Signs, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thomas Industrial Fabrication 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE PDM Santa Clara 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago 34 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. 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.