Water main and line construction · Michigan

Lodestar Construction, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~20 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lodestar Construction, Inc. runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Water main and line construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Lodestar Construction, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 74% of Water main and line construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lodestar Construction, Inc. safety composite

Lodestar Construction, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Lodestar Construction, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Lodestar Construction, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=10.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/35
  • PHOTO Santa Clara Construc…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Santa Clara Construction, Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lodestar Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lodestar Construction, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (74% of the Water main and line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Lodestar Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=10.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Lodestar Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Water main and line constructi establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 35 Water main and line constructi employers in Michigan.

Lodestar Construction, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lodestar Construction, Inc.
Lodestar Construction, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Lodestar Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Water main and line construction median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.3 5.1 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MI · Grand Rapids

1,614 Water main and line 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 Santa Clara Construction, Ltd. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fidelity Contracting LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gateway Pacific Contractors, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pact Two, LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 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 Key Tronic SW 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Teledyne D.G.O'Brien 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corinth Tube Plant 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Logistics Corp 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eatonton Feed 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Samson Electric Bethel 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bhpo Bhc Probation 20 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: 2021, 2020, 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.