Commercial bakeries · Michigan

Walker Sales Branch

Walker, MI · ~41 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Walker Sales Branch runs at 214% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade F.

Walker Sales Branch: 7.1 TCR = 214% of Commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Walker Sales Branch safety composite

Walker Sales Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.3

2018→2024

Walker Sales Branch injury rate improved

Walker Sales Branch's TCR fell 1.3 from 12.5 in 2018 to 11.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=12.5 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=11.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Walker, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 214% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #25/38
  • PHOTO Flowers Baking Compa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flowers Baking Company of Lenexa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Walker Sales Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Walker Sales Branch averages 7.1 TCR (214% of the Commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

Walker Sales Branch TCR series: 2018=12.5 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=6 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=11.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Walker Sales Branch falls in its industry

1,014 Commercial bakeries establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 38 Commercial bakeries employers in Michigan.

Walker Sales Branch (41 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Walker Sales Branch
Walker Sales Branch (41 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Walker Sales Branch has fewer employees than the Commercial bakeries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 11.2 3.7 3 0 0
2023 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2022 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 5.4 5.4 2 0 0
2019 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2018 12.5 12.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · MI · Walker

1,014 Commercial bakeries 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 Flowers Baking Company of Lenexa 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crispy Bagel Company, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maple Donuts 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FORT COLLINS CO DEPOT 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 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 ELG Metals - Houston 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #72 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Health Central Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 2 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Lakes Restoration LLC 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works - Custodial 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morrow Cabinets & Millwork, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Powhatan County Public Schools 41 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.