Water treatment and distribution · Michigan

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration

Grand Rapids, MI · ~102 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.8
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration runs at 903% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration: 10.8 TCR = 903% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration safety composite

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.8

2016→2018

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration injury rate improved

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration's TCR fell 7.8 from 14.7 in 2016 to 6.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.7 · 2018=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.8 · 903% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #22/26
  • PHOTO Barrow Utilities & E…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration averages 10.8 TCR (903% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration TCR series: 2016=14.7 · 2018=6.9 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #22 safest of 26 Water treatment and distributi employers in Michigan.

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration (102 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration
City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration (102 employees, TCR 10.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Grand Rapids-Water Administration has more employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher 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
2018 6.9 4.9 7 0 0
2016 14.7 9.8 13 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · MI · Grand Rapids

727 Water treatment and distribution 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 Barrow Utilities & Electric Cooperative, Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR UFO-Utilities 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Highline Water District 10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR College Hill Water Treatment Plant 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Constantine, MI 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE C&D Hughes, Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE CMF Group Inc Michigan 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kilwin's Quality Confections 102 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 Atrium Post Acute Care of Oconto Falls 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Los Angeles International Airport 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Pms Lv 10.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SNA - Airport United Airlines Offices 10.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-Pd-Sat-San Antonio-Pd 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-EJ-20730171-FO 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern GMC Kia - Greenbrier 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Allied Building Stores - Monroe Office 102 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.