Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Walker Branch

Walker, MI · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walker Branch runs at 388% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Walker Branch: 8.5 TCR = 388% of Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walker Branch safety composite

Walker Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Walker Branch: 5.4 → 11.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2017

Walker Branch's TCR rose 6.3 from 5.4 in 2016 to 11.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Walker, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 388% of ind

  • DART 11.7 DART
  • RANK #39/48
  • PHOTO BUSA - Denver-Dist
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BUSA - Denver-Dist (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walker Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walker Branch averages 8.5 TCR (388% of the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Walker Branch TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=11.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Walker Branch falls in its industry

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 48 Bakery products (except frozen employers in Michigan.

Walker Branch (43 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Walker Branch
Walker Branch (43 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Walker Branch has fewer employees than the Bakery products (except frozen) merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2017 11.7 11.7 4 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · MI · Walker

1,278 Bakery products (except frozen) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 67 employers in Walker, 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 BUSA - Denver-Dist 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR OAKHILL WV 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NICKLES-LIMA 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lincoln - 80 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUWA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DGR1 793 FTE
CITY-NEAR BHI Bissell Homecare Inc. 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Walker Stamping & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 1) 469 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids 465 FTE
NAT-TCR Atrium Post Acute Care of Chetek 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chalet Skilled Nursing Facility 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Northwest Indiana ARC 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-Swy 0025 0747 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn Coconut Grove 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Springhill Suites 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yokohama Tire Corporation - Columbus DC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE HBSHSENY79 43 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: 2017, 2016. 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.