Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers · Michigan
Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI · ~223 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 17
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids's OSHA Total Case Rate of 3.9 to the Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (179% 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
Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids falls in its industry
381 Air-conditioning equipment (ex establishmentsSafer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.8.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 33 Air-conditioning equipment (ex employers in Michigan.
Trend analysis for Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids
Between 2023 and 2024, Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids's Total Case Rate worsened from 3.4 to 4.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 32% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 3.4, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 4.5, a spread of 1.1 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, Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids recorded 17 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 17 injuries shown on this page for Williams Distributing Company - 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 423730 - Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers.
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.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 312,371 hours worked = 1.28 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids (this establishment) | 3.94 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Central heating equipment, warm-air, merchant wholesalers industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 423730 |
| 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 Williams Distributing Company - 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: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 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 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids's reported OSHA injury record versus its Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 179% of the Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers benchmark, Williams Distributing Company - Grand Rapids reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Air-conditioning equipment (except room units) merchant wholesalers 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.