Commercial building construction general contractors · Michigan

First Companies, Inc

Grand Rapids, MI · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

First Companies, Inc runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

First Companies, Inc: 1.8 TCR = 61% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

First Companies, Inc safety composite

First Companies, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−4.1

2016→2021

First Companies, Inc injury rate improved

First Companies, Inc's TCR fell 4.1 from 5.6 in 2016 to 1.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #55/121
  • PHOTO Rockford Constructio…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rockford Construction Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Companies, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows First Companies, Inc averages 1.8 TCR (61% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

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

First Companies, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.5 · BLS 2.9

Where First Companies, Inc falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #55 safest of 121 Commercial building constructi employers in Michigan.

First Companies, Inc (60 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate First Companies, Inc
First Companies, Inc (60 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

First Companies, Inc has more employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2021 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · MI · Grand Rapids

4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors 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 Rockford Construction Company Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cypress Contracting LLC 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fountain Construction Company 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Mathers Team 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Konos DBA Vande Bunte Eggs 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marquette Board of Light & Power 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton SC 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE VanDam & Krusinga Building and Restoration 60 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 Store #035 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Corrections (25) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR KHS USA - Waukesha 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR B&H - Richland 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Balazs Fremont 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hurricane Fence Co Richmond 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE 498500-St George Po 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Artesia Processing Plant 60 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.