Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, manufacturing · Michigan

River City Metal Products, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI · ~66 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

River City Metal Products, Inc. runs at 437% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

River City Metal Products, Inc.: 14.4 TCR = 437% of Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River City Metal Products, Inc. safety composite

River City Metal Products, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−58.7

2019→2023

River City Metal Products, Inc. injury rate improved

River City Metal Products, Inc.'s TCR fell 58.7 from 73.6 in 2019 to 14.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 73.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=73.6 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=25.5 · 2022=11.0 · 2023=14.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332439 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 437% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #4/5
  • PHOTO Wastequip Taft
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wastequip Taft (0.1 TCR gap)

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River City Metal Products, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows River City Metal Products, Inc. averages 14.4 TCR (437% of the Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

River City Metal Products, Inc. TCR series: 2019=73.6 · 2020=6.3 · 2021=25.5 · 2022=11 · 2023=14.9 · BLS 3.3

Where River City Metal Products, Inc. falls in its industry

175 Air cargo containers, light ga establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #4 safest of 5 Air cargo containers, light ga employers in Michigan.

River City Metal Products, Inc. (66 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate River City Metal Products, Inc.
River City Metal Products, Inc. (66 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 4.7

River City Metal Products, Inc. has more employees than the Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, 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
2023 14.9 2.5 12 0 0
2022 11.0 5.5 8 0 0
2021 25.5 3.4 15 0 0
2020 6.3 4.2 3 0 0
2019 73.6 14.7 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332439 · MI · Grand Rapids

175 Air cargo containers, light gauge metal, 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 Wastequip Taft 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Bin & Conveyor LLC 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Letco (Plant 4) 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wastequip Rosemount 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank Rewold and Son, Inc. - Main Branch 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ox Paperboard WP, LLC 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milbocker & Sons Inc 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE FSM Rochester Hills 66 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 SANNTDCDIS 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mignano Tree Care, Inc 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00329 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Aberdeen 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (49) 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant Eagle #4035 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phillips Foods 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eagle 66 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, 2021, 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.