Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or leather into widths) for the trade · Michigan

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, MI · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or leather into widths) for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids: 3.9 TCR = 148% of Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or leather into widths) for the trade BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids safety composite

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.2

2018→2024

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids injury rate improved

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO Central Indiana (CIN…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Indiana (CIN) 2401 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Worthen Industries Grand Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Worthen Industries Grand Rapids averages 3.9 TCR (148% of the Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or leather into widths) for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids TCR series: 2018=4.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=9.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Worthen Industries Grand Rapids falls in its industry

208 Tape slitting (e.g., cutting p establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Tape slitting (e.g., cutting p employers in Michigan.

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids (37 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 Worthen Industries Grand Rapids
Worthen Industries Grand Rapids (37 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Worthen Industries Grand Rapids has fewer employees than the Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 9.9 6.6 6 0 0
2022 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2021 1.9 1.3 3 0 0
2020 5.6 1.9 3 0 0
2019 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · MI · Grand Rapids

208 Tape slitting (e.g., cutting plastic or leather into widths) for the trade 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 Central Indiana (CIN) 2401 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BLI1 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Secured Document Shredding, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barricade Lites Inc. 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 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 S05103 - Apex Waste Services, Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Builders Supply Company 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ardisam, Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wesley Manor Retirement Community 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kelco Industries 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Retail East - Oak Ridge 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penco Ak 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lamar Power Plant 37 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.