Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

42231c - Southgate

Southgate, MI · ~111 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

42231c - Southgate runs at 169% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

42231c - Southgate: 3.7 TCR = 169% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42231c - Southgate safety composite

42231c - Southgate scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Rising injury rate

42231c - Southgate: 4.1 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2021

42231c - Southgate's TCR rose 0.9 from 4.1 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Southgate, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 169% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #18/23
  • PHOTO BRONX DC EmpWorkCt…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BRONX DC EmpWorkCtrCd 30001282 (0.0 TCR gap)

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42231c - Southgate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 42231c - Southgate averages 3.7 TCR (169% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

42231c - Southgate TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.7 · 2021=5 · BLS 2.2

Where 42231c - Southgate falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 23 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Michigan.

42231c - Southgate (111 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate 42231c - Southgate
42231c - Southgate (111 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42231c - Southgate has more employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 5.0 3.5 7 0 0
2020 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2018 9.5 2.6 11 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2016 4.1 2.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · MI · Southgate

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southgate, 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 BRONX DC EmpWorkCtrCd 30001282 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49992 - ARIZONA SERVICE CENTER FAC. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49491B - MURRIETA ZONE 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ZUMA AND SONS DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2552-Constantine, MI 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE KEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. d/b/a ACD.net 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utility Contracting Company 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE CEI Michigan, LLC 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR AJM Packaging - Southgate 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Guidance Center 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5842 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5842 349 FTE
NAT-TCR 49491b - Murrieta Zone 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Paul MN Thrift Store 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca-Gulf Coast Hosp - Panama C 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-HIKP 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 43221j - Twin Cities North Dc 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44531c - Charlotte Dc 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Redding Cement 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Klim 111 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.