Plumbers · Michigan

Gale Plumbing

Grand Rapids, MI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gale Plumbing runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbers workplace, earning a grade D.

Gale Plumbing: 3.4 TCR = 121% of Plumbers BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gale Plumbing safety composite

Gale Plumbing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−4.3

2016→2019

Gale Plumbing injury rate improved

Gale Plumbing's TCR fell 4.3 from 7.3 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 121% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #82/153
  • PHOTO CW Sheet Metal Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CW Sheet Metal Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gale Plumbing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gale Plumbing averages 3.4 TCR (121% of the Plumbers BLS benchmark).

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

Gale Plumbing TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=2.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Gale Plumbing falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbers establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 153 Plumbers employers in Michigan.

Gale Plumbing (28 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gale Plumbing
Gale Plumbing (28 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Gale Plumbing has fewer employees than the Plumbers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.3 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Grand Rapids

5,793 Plumbers 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 CW Sheet Metal Inc 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Office & Shop 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&S Air, Inc 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamlin Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossroads Dairy 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Assembly DBA Grand Traverse Pallet 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zeeland Generation 28 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 Fluid Milk Dairy 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Harbor Dr 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Alltech Beverage Division 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Grace Living Center-Norman 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE HoneywellMO26 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lott Oil Co.Inc.(LOC6) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Refining Group-Sandyville 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Ave Plant 28 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, 2018, 2017, 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.