Beer brewing · Michigan

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville

Name: Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grand Rapids, MI · ~390 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beer brewing workplace, earning a grade B.

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville: 2.4 TCR = 73% of Beer brewing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville safety composite

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2021

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville injury rate improved

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.3 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 312120 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 73% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #6/17
PHOTO Station 26 Brewing Co
BOOK 6y book
INJ 52 inj
SIZE ~390 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Station 26 Brewing Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.4
Station 26 Bre

2.4
Blue Point Bre

2.4
Monday Night B

2.4
Noon Whistle B

2.4

What this shows Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville averages 2.4 TCR (73% of the Beer brewing BLS benchmark).

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville falls in its industry

313 Beer brewing establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Beer brewing employers in Michigan.

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville (390 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Founders Brewing - 235 Grandville has more employees than the Beer brewing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021	2.9	1.7	7	0
2020	3.0	0.4	8	0
2019	2.3	1.0	12	0
2018	0.5	0.2	5	0
2017	2.4	1.0	10	0
2016	3.3	0.6	10	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

312120 · MI · Grand Rapids

313 Beer brewing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Station 26 Brewing Co	DENVER, CO	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Blue Point Brewing Company	PATCHOGUE, NY	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Monday Night Brewing	ATLANTA, GA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Noon Whistle Brewing	LOMBARD, IL	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Flint SC	FLINT	390 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Buist Electric	BYRON CENTER	390 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Refresco Beverages Paw Paw	PAW PAW	390 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MI 36250 Van Dyke - Bldg A	STERLING HEIGHTS	390 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA	Grand Rapids	9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SH Butterworth Hospital	Grand Rapids	7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI	Grand Rapids	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood	Grand Rapids	2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR	AVANTech, Inc. - Columbia	Columbia, SC	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summit Lubricants	Batavia, NY	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elbex Corp.	Kent, OH	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Messer	Menomonee Falls, WI	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	0410 - Norwalk Ca Whse	Norwalk, CA	390 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0688 - Bakersfield Ca Whse	Bakersfield, CA	390 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Henkel US Operations Corp	Cannon Falls, MN	390 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Innovative Hearth Products	Russellville, AL	390 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.