Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

GA Richards Group

Grand Rapids, MI · ~156 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GA Richards Group runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

GA Richards Group: 4.8 TCR = 146% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GA Richards Group safety composite

GA Richards Group scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.87 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%).

Rising injury rate

GA Richards Group: 2.9 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2019

GA Richards Group's TCR rose 3.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 146% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #22/43
  • PHOTO TC Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TC Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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GA Richards Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GA Richards Group averages 4.8 TCR (146% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

GA Richards Group TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2019=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where GA Richards Group falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 43 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Michigan.

GA Richards Group (156 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GA Richards Group
GA Richards Group (156 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

GA Richards Group has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2019 6.8 3.9 7 0 0
2016 2.9 2.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Grand Rapids

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade 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 TC Industries, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR State Heat Treating 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erie Steel LTD 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Neal Mast and Son Greenhouses 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE McNaughton & Gunn 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE KUKA ASSEMBLY AND TEST CORP SAGINAW 156 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Surface, Inc. 156 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 Hickory NC 90-03-41-38 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Andis Tool 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GLC Fountianview 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth Assembly 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Legrand North America West Hartford 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Helen M. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connector Manufacturing - Hamilton 156 FTE
NAT-SIZE Intech 156 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: 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.