landscape site construction · Michigan

Katerberg VerHage, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical landscape site construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Katerberg VerHage, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 111% of landscape site construction BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. safety composite

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−9.7

2016→2024

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. injury rate improved

Katerberg VerHage, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.7 from 9.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.7 · 2017=5.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 111% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/91
  • PHOTO ArborScape Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ArborScape Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Katerberg VerHage, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Katerberg VerHage, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (111% of the landscape site construction BLS benchmark).

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

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2017=5.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Katerberg VerHage, Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 landscape site construction establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 91 landscape site construction employers in Michigan.

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. (79 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Katerberg VerHage, Inc.
Katerberg VerHage, Inc. (79 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Katerberg VerHage, Inc. has more employees than the landscape site construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.3 0.0 4 0 0
2016 9.7 6.1 5 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · MI · Grand Rapids

2,875 landscape site construction 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 ArborScape Inc 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clean Scapes - Austin, LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Valley Arbor Management 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AECI Electric Utility Sales and Services 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fontanesi and Kann 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Dyken Mechanical 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grapids Home Services 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sharon's Heating & Air Conditioning 79 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 Hillphoenix, Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Broadwind Heavy Fabrications 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Years Homestead Inc 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Biglerville,PA - 204 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dynalloy, Inc 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advance Die Cast LLC 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lami Wood Products INC 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Residence at Vinnin Square 79 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: 2024, 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.