Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing · Michigan
West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids
Walker, MI · ~465 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 7
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids's OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.9 to the Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (28% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids falls in its industry
2,995 Bottle caps and lids, plastics establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 231 Bottle caps and lids, plastics employers in Michigan.
Trend analysis for West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids
Between 2023 and 2024, West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids's Total Case Rate improved from 1.0 to 0.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 10% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 0.9, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 1.0, a spread of 0.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids recorded 7 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 7 injuries, 1 illnesses shown on this page for West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 326199 - Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 906,673 hours worked = 0.88 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids (this establishment) | 0.93 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Fiberglass Pool Manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 326199 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 4 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 28% of the Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing benchmark, West Contract Manufacturing Grand Rapids reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Bottle caps and lids, plastics, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.