Paints (except artists') merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, MI · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids runs at 272% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paints (except artists') merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids: 6.0 TCR = 272% of Paints (except artists') merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids safety composite

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.83 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%).

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids held a steady TCR band

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.1 in 2023 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.1 · 2024=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424950 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 272% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK P13
  • PHOTO Decoral System USA
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Decoral System USA (0.2 TCR gap)

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Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids averages 6.0 TCR (272% of the Paints (except artists') merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids TCR series: 2023=6.1 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids falls in its industry

45 Paints (except artists') merch establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids (21 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids
Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids (21 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Painters Supply & Equipment Co. - Grand Rapids has fewer employees than the Paints (except artists') merchant wholes median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2024 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2023 6.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424950 · MI · Grand Rapids

45 Paints (except artists') 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 Decoral System USA 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabricmate Systems, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Downey 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR CJ Spray 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms Sturgis 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE BE Cultivation 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4605_15228 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willard DeHaan & Son Grnhs 21 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 Runtal North America 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens - Baker Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohman - Mansfield 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncwlk - Wilmington Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Revel Products 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Engineering Company Plant 2 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cascade Precision Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE H & S Enterprise / Aberdeen 21 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: 2024, 2023. 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.