Botanical gardens · Michigan

West Michigan Horticultural Society

Grand Rapids, MI · ~177 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Michigan Horticultural Society runs at 235% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade F.

West Michigan Horticultural Society: 7.3 TCR = 235% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Michigan Horticultural Society safety composite

West Michigan Horticultural Society scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−1.8

2017→2021

West Michigan Horticultural Society injury rate improved

West Michigan Horticultural Society's TCR fell 1.8 from 7.6 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.6 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8.0 · 2021=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 235% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Audubon Zoo
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~177 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Audubon Zoo (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Michigan Horticultural Society in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Michigan Horticultural Society averages 7.3 TCR (235% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

West Michigan Horticultural Society TCR series: 2017=7.6 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8 · 2021=5.8 · BLS 3.1

Where West Michigan Horticultural Society falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Botanical gardens employers in Michigan.

West Michigan Horticultural Society (177 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate West Michigan Horticultural Society
West Michigan Horticultural Society (177 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

West Michigan Horticultural Society has more employees than the Botanical gardens median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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
2021 5.8 3.8 3 3 0
2020 8.0 6.0 7 1 0
2019 7.6 6.2 10 1 0
2018 7.6 4.1 11 0 0
2017 7.6 4.1 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · MI · Grand Rapids

174 Botanical gardens 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 Audubon Zoo 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prospect Park Zoo 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Ball Zoo 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Godwin Plulmbing INC 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hood Container Grand Rapids 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Techniplas US LLC 177 FTE
STATE-SIZE Auburn Hills Manufacturing 177 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 Winona Foods Inc. - Lineville 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ground Effects Louisville 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bridge at Ooltewah 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Interstate Roofing, Inc. 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CyRide 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pondera Medical Center 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE Birmingham Budweiser 177 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Cheviot Corp. 177 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.