Feathers merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Down, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Down, Inc. runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Feathers merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Down, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 184% of Feathers merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Down, Inc. safety composite

Down, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−3.3

2016→2023

Down, Inc. injury rate improved

Down, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 3.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424590 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 184% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO National Warehouse M…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Warehouse Management CO (0.1 TCR gap)

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Down, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Down, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (184% of the Feathers merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Down, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=8.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Down, Inc. falls in its industry

54 Feathers merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Feathers merchant wholesalers employers in Michigan.

Down, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Down, Inc.
Down, Inc. (27 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Down, Inc. has fewer employees than the Feathers merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2021 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2018 7.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2016 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424590 · MI · Grand Rapids

54 Feathers merchant wholesalers 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 National Warehouse Management CO 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Natural Products, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RSWHS-001-RISING SUN WHSE 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenleaf Gardens, LLC 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 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 Pan-O-Gold Baking Company-Ankeny, IA 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Middle School 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S D Ellenbecker INC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Daiki Corporation 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlanta-PLT 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midwest - West Chicago 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenneth D Zotti Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida Food Products, LLC - Amelia Bay 27 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.