BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Michigan

Carter Lumber 251

Ludington, MI · ~19 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 251 runs at 294% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade F.

Carter Lumber 251: 10.0 TCR = 294% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 251 safety composite

Carter Lumber 251 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Carter Lumber 251: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 21.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2024

Carter Lumber 251's TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 294% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #48/54
  • PHOTO Erie Materials Scran…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erie Materials Scranton Inc (Williamsport) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 251 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 251 averages 10.0 TCR (294% 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 251 TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=21 · 2022=6.8 · 2023=18.6 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 251 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #48 safest of 54 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Michigan.

Carter Lumber 251 (19 employees, TCR 10.0) 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 251
Carter Lumber 251 (19 employees, TCR 10.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 251 has fewer employees than the BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER median and a higher 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 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2023 18.6 0.0 3 0 0
2022 6.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 21.0 0.0 3 0 0
2020 12.8 0.0 2 0 0
2019 5.5 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · MI · Ludington

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 55 employers in Ludington, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Erie Materials Scranton Inc (Williamsport) 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR B&E - Edwards 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7124 L&W Supply 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dorglass, Inc. 10.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Everbest 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Greenhouse) 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rieth-Riley - Houghton Lake 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arenac County Road Commission 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2102 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ludington 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2102 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Brandywine Living at Livingston 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SEMO Towers 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ChildServe - Beaverdale Home 10.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 239 Murrieta 10.0 TCR

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.