Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator

Ottawa Lake, MI · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator: 2.8 TCR = 128% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator safety composite

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−4.0

2016→2022

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator injury rate improved

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Ottawa Lake, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 128% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO Tunica
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tunica (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator averages 2.8 TCR (128% of the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=7 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in Michigan.

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator (24 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator
Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator (24 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Ottawa Lake Grain Elevator has fewer employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.7 4.3 2 0 0
2020 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · MI · Ottawa Lake

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 7 employers in Ottawa Lake, 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 Tunica 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients Paris Illinois 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cargill CASC NA Grain Gibson City 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Two Rivers Cooperative - Pella 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medina Dairy, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sturgis 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE CE Innovation Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Filtration and Meter Shop 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Tile Shop - #806 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR 806 DC - OTTAWA LAKE MI 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zipster Delivery Service LLC 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinnacle Technology Group, Inc. 65 FTE
NAT-TCR Piggly Wiggly #604 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrah'S Gulf Coast Casino, Hotel & Spa 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fidura & Associates 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Action Sod & Landscape Gardens 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Express & Suites Murrietta-Temecula 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vixen Construction, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAP Indianapolis 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE PAP Jackson 24 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.