Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade · Michigan

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. runs at 229% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 229% of Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. safety composite

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−15.1

2018→2019

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. injury rate improved

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc.'s TCR fell 15.1 from 15.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.1 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 229% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/47
  • PHOTO Tualatin OR
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tualatin OR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (229% of the Aluminum coating of metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. TCR series: 2018=15.1 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. falls in its industry

646 Aluminum coating of metal prod establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 47 Aluminum coating of metal prod employers in Michigan.

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc.
Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. (36 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Kentwood Powder Coat, Inc. has fewer employees than the Aluminum coating of metal products for t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 15.1 15.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MI · Grand Rapids

646 Aluminum coating of 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 Tualatin OR 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newcut 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Coatings Inc. - West Bend 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TXME 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE R & R ASPHALT INC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Water Energy Center 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Haven Office 36 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 ORLANDO 4305 Vineland Road 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ec Anto Core Office 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 2897 Chad Dr 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Beaman Rd. ICF 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Serco - Williamsburg, VA 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shop 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grove City Synnex 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wausau Facility 36 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. 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.