BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER · Michigan

Carter Lumber 266

Kalkaska, MI · ~23 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Lumber 266 runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER workplace, earning a grade C.

Carter Lumber 266: 3.5 TCR = 102% of BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Lumber 266 safety composite

Carter Lumber 266 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Carter Lumber 266 held a steady TCR band

Carter Lumber 266's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/54
  • PHOTO BVL - COLUMBUS
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BVL - COLUMBUS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Lumber 266 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Lumber 266 averages 3.5 TCR (102% 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 266 TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=4.1 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Carter Lumber 266 falls in its industry

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER establishments

Safer than 69% 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 #20 safest of 54 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers in Michigan.

Carter Lumber 266 (23 employees, TCR 3.5) 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 266
Carter Lumber 266 (23 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 35 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Carter Lumber 266 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2021 7.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444190 · MI · Kalkaska

1,643 BUILDING MATERIALS DEALER employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Kalkaska, 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 BVL - COLUMBUS 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GREENWICH KITCHEN CENTER INC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wisconsin Bldg - Appleton 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7216 L&W Supply 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kalkaska Memorial Health Center 508 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern A-1 Services - All Locations 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern A-1 Services - Kalkaska 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wayne Wire Cloth Products 94 FTE
NAT-TCR STR0083 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 122 Dillon 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR BlueScope Buildings North America Jackson 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dura-Line 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Carter Lumber 390 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMECO USA Metal Fabrication Solutions, LLC 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wolfchase Galleria 23 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. 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.