Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers · Michigan

M&E - Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, MI · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

M&E - Grand Rapids runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

M&E - Grand Rapids: 3.3 TCR = 152% of Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

M&E - Grand Rapids safety composite

M&E - Grand Rapids scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

M&E - Grand Rapids: 3.5 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.94× in 2023

M&E - Grand Rapids's TCR rose 2.9 from 3.5 in 2018 to 6.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 152% of ind

  • DART 6.5 DART
  • RANK #10/24
  • PHOTO BALTIMORE WINDUSTRIA…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BALTIMORE WINDUSTRIAL COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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M&E - Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows M&E - Grand Rapids averages 3.3 TCR (152% of the Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

M&E - Grand Rapids TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 2.2

Where M&E - Grand Rapids falls in its industry

853 Fittings and valves, plumbers' establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Fittings and valves, plumbers' employers in Michigan.

M&E - Grand Rapids (29 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate M&E - Grand Rapids
M&E - Grand Rapids (29 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

M&E - Grand Rapids has fewer employees than the Fittings and valves, plumbers', merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.5 3.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · MI · Grand Rapids

853 Fittings and valves, plumbers', 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 BALTIMORE WINDUSTRIAL COMPANY 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Little Rock AR 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Enterprises LLC: MA Franklin - 22 National Drive (1196) 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 13890 Lowe St 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 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 Clearwater Paper Las Vegas LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots #4662 Longview, TX 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonic Drive-In Yuba City #6523 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bashas 011 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jarrett Construction Services 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Senior Living Suites Parkside 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gregory Poole Lift Systems- Greenville 29 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: 2023, 2022, 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.