Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers · Indiana

1550 Lkq

Michigan City, IN · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1550 Lkq runs at 280% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

1550 Lkq: 6.2 TCR = 280% of Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1550 Lkq safety composite

1550 Lkq scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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)
C 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

1550 Lkq held a steady TCR band

1550 Lkq's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.1 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=4.7 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=4.0 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423140 · Michigan City, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 280% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO 1196 LKQ PYP W. Palm…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1196 LKQ PYP W. Palm Beach (0.0 TCR gap)

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1550 Lkq in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1550 Lkq averages 6.2 TCR (280% of the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

1550 Lkq TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=4.7 · 2022=10.7 · 2023=4 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.2

Where 1550 Lkq falls in its industry

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Motor vehicle parts, used, mer employers in Indiana.

1550 Lkq (24 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 1550 Lkq
1550 Lkq (24 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.9

1550 Lkq has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant whol median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2022 10.7 3.6 3 0 0
2018 4.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 9.6 0.0 2 0 0
2016 4.1 4.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423140 · IN · Michigan City

235 Motor vehicle parts, used, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, IN · 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 1196 LKQ PYP W. Palm Beach 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOVIS INC DBA PATTERSON AUTO WRECKING 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1375 Venice Auto Parts 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR AWI Grand Rapids Warehouse and Corp Offices 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Poultry Services - Corporate Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Pullet Farm / QC / Lab 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE 327-NiSource-West Terre Haute IN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bedford Operations Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR DMI Companies-Monongahela 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Vcf 066 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Shrewsbury Store 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Tom Van Handel Corp 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PENN Acoustics, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Production Services - Jackson 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 43 Gen Ops 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1230 LKQ Pick Your Part 24 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.