Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · Michigan

Lakeland Pallets Inc

Grand Rapids, MI · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lakeland Pallets Inc runs at 284% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Lakeland Pallets Inc: 9.4 TCR = 284% of Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lakeland Pallets Inc safety composite

Lakeland Pallets Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Lakeland Pallets Inc: 5.6 → 13.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.4× in 2024

Lakeland Pallets Inc's TCR rose 7.5 from 5.6 in 2023 to 13.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 284% of ind

  • DART 13.1 DART
  • RANK #17/30
  • PHOTO Propak - Siloam Spri…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Propak - Siloam Springs RLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lakeland Pallets Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lakeland Pallets Inc averages 9.4 TCR (284% of the Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lakeland Pallets Inc TCR series: 2023=5.6 · 2024=13.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Lakeland Pallets Inc falls in its industry

952 Wood Container and Pallet Manu establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 30 Wood Container and Pallet Manu employers in Michigan.

Lakeland Pallets Inc (65 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lakeland Pallets Inc
Lakeland Pallets Inc (65 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Lakeland Pallets Inc has more employees than the Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2024 13.1 13.1 7 1 0
2023 5.6 5.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · MI · Grand Rapids

952 Wood Container and Pallet 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 Propak - Siloam Springs RLC 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WVGBC Cooperage 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salem Pallet Co., Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Denver,CO - 434 9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ridgeview Orchards 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE PG Manufacturing 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marquette Board of Light and Power 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE SunGlo 65 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 Brookdale Apache Junction 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Brea 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Avantara Mountain View 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 955 Jef70 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Taylor County Health and Rehabilitation 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Roofing & Construction, LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ramrod Industries LLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warsaw Chemical Holdings LLC 65 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, 2023. 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.