Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing · Michigan

Michigan Foam Products

Grand Rapids, MI · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan Foam Products runs at 389% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Michigan Foam Products: 12.8 TCR = 389% of Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan Foam Products safety composite

Michigan Foam Products scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−20.0

2016→2021

Michigan Foam Products injury rate improved

Michigan Foam Products's TCR fell 20.0 from 22.8 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.8 · 2021=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 389% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #14/14
  • PHOTO Alleguard - Greenville
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alleguard - Greenville (0.2 TCR gap)

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Michigan Foam Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan Foam Products averages 12.8 TCR (389% of the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Michigan Foam Products TCR series: 2016=22.8 · 2021=2.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Michigan Foam Products falls in its industry

260 Polystyrene foam packaging man establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 14 Polystyrene foam packaging man employers in Michigan.

Michigan Foam Products (37 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Michigan Foam Products
Michigan Foam Products (37 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Michigan Foam Products has fewer employees than the Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2016 22.8 22.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · MI · Grand Rapids

260 Polystyrene foam packaging manufacturing 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 Alleguard - Greenville 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASPEN TECHNOLOGIES INC - Tennessee 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Styrene Products, Inc. - Arcadia WI 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPK-TN 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 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 Liberty Health and Wellness 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MSP - Ground Ops 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Middleburg 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Falls ShopRite 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlanta, GA Dairy 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ridout - Door 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Ridge of MHCO 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vaken - Roanoke 37 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, 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.