Books printing and binding without publishing · Michigan

Sheridan Publishing

Grand Rapids, MI · ~110 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheridan Publishing runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Books printing and binding without publishing workplace, earning a grade D.

Sheridan Publishing: 4.3 TCR = 131% of Books printing and binding without publishing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheridan Publishing safety composite

Sheridan Publishing scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2020→2023

Sheridan Publishing injury rate improved

Sheridan Publishing's TCR fell 2.3 from 6.4 in 2020 to 4.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323117 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 131% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO The Maple Press Comp…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Maple Press Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheridan Publishing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheridan Publishing averages 4.3 TCR (131% of the Books printing and binding without publishing BLS benchmark).

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

Sheridan Publishing TCR series: 2020=6.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=4.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Sheridan Publishing falls in its industry

116 Books printing and binding wit establishments

Safer than 32% 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 #6 safest of 8 Books printing and binding wit employers in Michigan.

Sheridan Publishing (110 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sheridan Publishing
Sheridan Publishing (110 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 168 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sheridan Publishing has fewer employees than the Books printing and binding without publi median and a higher 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
2023 4.1 4.1 4 0 0
2022 3.2 0.8 4 0 0
2021 3.6 1.8 3 1 0
2020 6.4 4.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323117 · MI · Grand Rapids

116 Books printing and binding without publishing 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 The Maple Press Company 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2D Acquisition Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coral Graphics Services, Inc- Louisville 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - ORD4 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMI - MI 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davis Construction, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant 4 110 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 Floyd Blinsky Trucking Inc 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wenatchee HQ-Service Building (Location) 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Health and Recreation Center 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ECD 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE HealthBridge St. Louis 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Doorlink Mfg Inc 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lorain County Health & Dentistry 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hatchery (Sallisaw) 110 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.