Electric contracting · Michigan

West Michigan Branch

Grand Rapids, MI · ~238 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Michigan Branch runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Electric contracting workplace, earning a grade C.

West Michigan Branch: 2.3 TCR = 82% of Electric contracting BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Michigan Branch safety composite

West Michigan Branch scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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)
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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

West Michigan Branch: 2.2 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2023

West Michigan Branch's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.2 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.3 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK #72/133
  • PHOTO Carter Electric, Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~238 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carter Electric, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Michigan Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Michigan Branch averages 2.3 TCR (82% of the Electric contracting BLS benchmark).

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

West Michigan Branch TCR series: 2021=2.2 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 2.8

Where West Michigan Branch falls in its industry

4,550 Electric contracting establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 133 Electric contracting employers in Michigan.

West Michigan Branch (238 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 West Michigan Branch
West Michigan Branch (238 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

West Michigan Branch has more employees than the Electric contracting median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.1 0.6 4 1 0
2022 1.6 0.0 3 0 0
2021 2.2 0.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · MI · Grand Rapids

4,550 Electric contracting 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 Carter Electric, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hedlund Electric, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESCON - Bay City 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westphal and Company Inc 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE L3 Aviation Products 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concord Tool & Manufacturing 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lapeer Industries 238 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer Inc 238 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 Home Office 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR J & F Construction Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Operations - Washington, IL 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kleet Lumber Co., Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cyberpower Inc. 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE Panoche Creek Packing 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milk Specialties Global Wautoma 238 FTE
NAT-SIZE PGD1 238 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. 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.