Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Rock River Fabrications

Grand Rapids, MI · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rock River Fabrications runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Rock River Fabrications: 6.2 TCR = 282% of Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rock River Fabrications safety composite

Rock River Fabrications scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−7.1

2017→2024

Rock River Fabrications injury rate improved

Rock River Fabrications's TCR fell 7.1 from 16.1 in 2017 to 8.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 282% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/60
  • PHOTO Champagne Metals - G…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Champagne Metals - Glenpool (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rock River Fabrications in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rock River Fabrications averages 6.2 TCR (282% of the Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Rock River Fabrications TCR series: 2017=16.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Rock River Fabrications falls in its industry

1,299 Tubing, metal, merchant wholes establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 60 Tubing, metal, merchant wholes employers in Michigan.

Rock River Fabrications (40 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rock River Fabrications
Rock River Fabrications (40 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Rock River Fabrications has fewer employees than the Tubing, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 8.9 0.0 3 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.0 7.0 1 1 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 12.1 12.1 4 0 0
2017 16.1 0.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · MI · Grand Rapids

1,299 Tubing, metal, 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 Champagne Metals - Glenpool 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TW Metals - Seattle 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson Milwaukee 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EXLTUBE 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bushel Basket Orchards, Inc 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shelbyville, MI 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan & Jerrys Pineview Greenhouse LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thumb Electric Cooperative of Michigan 40 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 Kearsley Operator LP 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Whittet-Higgins Company 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Air-O-Fan Products Corp 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Adventure City, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Middle Georgia Electric Membership Cooperation 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crawford Steel 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Exp 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites 40 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.