Food (i.e., groceries) stores · Michigan

Meijer 279

Manistee, MI · ~242 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meijer 279 runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food (i.e., groceries) stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Meijer 279: 5.0 TCR = 146% of Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meijer 279 safety composite

Meijer 279 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

Meijer 279: 3.8 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2020

Meijer 279's TCR rose 2.4 from 3.8 in 2019 to 6.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Manistee, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 146% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #349/536
  • PHOTO CHESTERTOWN
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHESTERTOWN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meijer 279 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meijer 279 averages 5.0 TCR (146% of the Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS benchmark).

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

Meijer 279 TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2020=6.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Meijer 279 falls in its industry

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #349 safest of 536 Food (i.e., groceries) stores employers in Michigan.

Meijer 279 (242 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Meijer 279
Meijer 279 (242 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Meijer 279 has more employees than the Food (i.e., groceries) stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2020 6.2 3.6 12 0 0
2019 3.8 2.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MI · Manistee

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 21 employers in Manistee, 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 CHESTERTOWN 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Calcutta Giant eagle 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowes Foods #206 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grocery Outlet of West Redding 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Champion Foods 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE Intertape Polymer Group 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duo-Form Plastics 242 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huhtamaki Coleman Operations 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oaks Correctional Facility 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manistee Hospital 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR 279 - Manistee MI 253 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer279 237 FTE
NAT-TCR Wiese Saint Louis & Central Reg Used/Rental 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Town & Country Supermarket #3816 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R & K Electric, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Iroquois Memorial Hospital 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chemtool, Inc., Rockton North 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Meritor 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winder Distribution Center 242 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 242 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: 2020, 2019. 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.