Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing · Michigan

GRFT

Grand Rapids, MI · ~142 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GRFT runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

GRFT: 2.6 TCR = 80% of Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GRFT safety composite

GRFT scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−0.7

2021→2023

GRFT injury rate improved

GRFT's TCR fell 0.7 from 3.5 in 2021 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.5 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326150 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 80% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/32
  • PHOTO Barnhardt Manufactur…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~142 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Corp Mount Airy NC (0.0 TCR gap)

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GRFT in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GRFT averages 2.6 TCR (80% of the Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

GRFT TCR series: 2021=3.5 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where GRFT falls in its industry

474 Foam plastics products (except establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 32 Foam plastics products (except employers in Michigan.

GRFT (142 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate GRFT
GRFT (142 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.1

GRFT has more employees than the Foam plastics products (except polystren median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 2.8 0.0 4 0 0
2022 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2021 3.5 2.1 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326150 · MI · Grand Rapids

474 Foam plastics products (except polystrene) manufacturing 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 Barnhardt Manufacturing Co Corp Mount Airy NC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leggett & Platt Financial Services Company 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NCFI Polyurethanes 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRC Recreation LP 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGC FM Global Energy 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Electrical Service, Inc. 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allied Electric, Inc 142 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball Farms, Inc. 142 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 Rincon Distribution Center 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Aberdeen MD - Old Philadelphi 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest - South Chicago Heights 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Commercial HVAC Americas : SVC-Mid-America Heartland : SVC-Wichita KS-USA 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4223-M5900 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johns Recycling, Inc. 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Octopi 142 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wilson Warehouse Company, Inc. 142 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. 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.