Vertical Transportation Company · Michigan

D10 Upper Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI · ~53 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D10 Upper Michigan runs at 66% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Vertical Transportation Company workplace, earning a grade B.

D10 Upper Michigan: 1.8 TCR = 66% of Vertical Transportation Company BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D10 Upper Michigan safety composite

D10 Upper Michigan scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−1.6

2019→2023

D10 Upper Michigan injury rate improved

D10 Upper Michigan's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.6 in 2019 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.8 · 2023=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 66% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #19/30
  • PHOTO Jeff King Contractor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jeff King Contractor Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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D10 Upper Michigan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D10 Upper Michigan averages 1.8 TCR (66% of the Vertical Transportation Company BLS benchmark).

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

D10 Upper Michigan TCR series: 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.8 · 2023=2 · BLS 2.8

Where D10 Upper Michigan falls in its industry

1,138 Vertical Transportation Compan establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 30 Vertical Transportation Compan employers in Michigan.

D10 Upper Michigan (53 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate D10 Upper Michigan
D10 Upper Michigan (53 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

D10 Upper Michigan has more employees than the Vertical Transportation Company median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.6 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · MI · Grand Rapids

1,138 Vertical Transportation Company 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 Jeff King Contractor Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Damon Insulation Company Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warfield & Sanford, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor Crane and Rigging, Inc. 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE EDL- Lansing Office 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Energy - Newaygo 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Livonia 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contractors, Inc. 53 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 Ron Bouchard's Auto Sales, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Endeavor Air, inc. - JFK Tech Ops 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bunzl Distribution Southeast, LLC (DBA Bunzl Atlanta) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastview 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unified Abatement Services, LLC 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Feld Entertainment - Jessup Warehouse 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE HEA - Homer 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse : WOODRIDGE 53 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: 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.