Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers · Michigan

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, MI · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids runs at 474% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids: 10.4 TCR = 474% of Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids safety composite

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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 Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids: 8.7 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2024

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids's TCR rose 3.4 from 8.7 in 2023 to 12.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424810 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 474% of ind

  • DART 10.1 DART
  • RANK #21/23
  • PHOTO 63780013 BROOKLYN
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 63780013 BROOKLYN (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids averages 10.4 TCR (474% of the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids TCR series: 2023=8.7 · 2024=12.1 · BLS 2.2

Where West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids falls in its industry

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except d establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Beverages, alcoholic (except d employers in Michigan.

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids (119 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids
West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids (119 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 95 employees and a TCR of 6.4

West Side Beer Distributing-Grand Rapids has more employees than the Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 12.1 10.1 12 0 0
2023 8.7 8.7 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424810 · MI · Grand Rapids

664 Beverages, alcoholic (except distilled spirits, wine), merchant wholesalers 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 63780013 BROOKLYN 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Services LLC 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 161 - Summerville 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 122 - Santa Maria 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Payne & Dolan, Inc - MI/Shop/Trans./QC/Mfg. 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Interkal LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ritsema Associates 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lester Brothers Excavating, Inc. 119 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 Liberty Elementary 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1202 Osceola 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Ames - Ames Police Department 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Team Brandt, LLC-3594 E Wawona Fresno 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cerrowire, Ogden 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Services 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 141 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Giant 322 119 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.