Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Lwhs Ltd

Grand Rapids, MI · ~66 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lwhs Ltd runs at 521% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Lwhs Ltd: 11.5 TCR = 521% of Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lwhs Ltd safety composite

Lwhs Ltd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Lwhs Ltd: 8.6 → 14.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2019

Lwhs Ltd's TCR rose 5.8 from 8.6 in 2018 to 14.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 521% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #60/62
  • PHOTO Colt Recycling, LLC …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colt Recycling, LLC Hudson (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lwhs Ltd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lwhs Ltd averages 11.5 TCR (521% of the Plastics scrap merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Lwhs Ltd TCR series: 2018=8.6 · 2019=14.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Lwhs Ltd falls in its industry

1,126 Plastics scrap merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #60 safest of 62 Plastics scrap merchant wholes employers in Michigan.

Lwhs Ltd (66 employees, TCR 11.5) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lwhs Ltd
Lwhs Ltd (66 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Lwhs Ltd has more employees than the Plastics scrap 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
2019 14.3 8.0 9 0 0
2018 8.6 7.2 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Grand Rapids

1,126 Plastics scrap 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 Colt Recycling, LLC Hudson 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKC 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri Rinse, Inc. - St. Louis Plant (Corporate) 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling Minneapolis 11.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank Rewold and Son, Inc. - Main Branch 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ox Paperboard WP, LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milbocker & Sons Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE FSM Rochester Hills 66 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 Main 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Aallied Die Casting 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) 083 Central Region 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cherokee Nation Mission Solutions 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crestwood Village West 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Flooring Centers Charlotte NC 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Impact Fire Services (Waco Office) 66 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.