Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~48 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc.: 8.1 TCR = 369% of Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. safety composite

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−13.7

2021→2024

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. injury rate improved

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc.'s TCR fell 13.7 from 13.7 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=13.7 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 369% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/62
  • PHOTO Morris Iron & Steel …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morris Iron & Steel Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. averages 8.1 TCR (369% of the Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. TCR series: 2021=13.7 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. falls in its industry

1,126 Recyclable Material Merchant W establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 62 Recyclable Material Merchant W employers in Michigan.

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc.
LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

LWHS LTD dba Bata Plastics, Inc. has more employees than the Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 15.7 7.9 5 1 0
2021 13.7 5.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Grand Rapids

1,126 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 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 Morris Iron & Steel Co., Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cresson Steel Company 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR River Valley Recycling, LLC 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alter Metal Recycling - Madison 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sietsema Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Grade Aggregates, LLC 48 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 Lake Charles La 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dominion Crossville, LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Forum at Tucson 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Benton House of Grayson 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE North Star Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Nine Mile 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntsville 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lesso America 48 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, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.