Employer · Michigan

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids, MI · ~887 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI: 0.3 TCR = 9% of industry BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI safety composite

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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%).

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI held a steady TCR band

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.1 in 2023 to 0.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.1 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 334511 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 9% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO L3Harris
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~887 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: L3Harris (0.0 TCR gap)

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Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI averages 0.3 TCR (9% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI TCR series: 2023=0.1 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI falls in its industry

388 industry establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 industry employers in Michigan.

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI (887 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI
Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI (887 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 207 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Defense and Systems Grand Rapids MI has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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 0.5 0.2 2 2 0
2023 0.1 0.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

334511 · MI · Grand Rapids

388 industry 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 L3Harris 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlantic Inertial Systems Inc (Cheshire CT) 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HoneywellWA05 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HMAPF02 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Spirit Airlines - DTW 888 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oakland Management Corp. 889 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Home Health 38-3206511 889 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trenton South Engine Plant 892 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 United States Environmental Services, L.L.C. 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 3S Services, LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Solvay USA LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Chevron El Segundo Refinery 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 540-FC001 887 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mco-Ground Ops 887 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ultium Cells, LLC Spring Hill 887 FTE
NAT-SIZE SOUTHWEST 888 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.