Lawn Care · Michigan
5790 - Kalamazoo
Portage, MI · ~33 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
5790 - Kalamazoo runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lawn Care workplace, earning a grade C.
5790 - Kalamazoo: 4.4 TCR = 98% of Lawn Care BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
5790 - Kalamazoo safety composite
5790 - Kalamazoo scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
5790 - Kalamazoo: 6.2 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.66× in 2024
5790 - Kalamazoo's TCR rose 1.1 from 6.2 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 561730 · Portage, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #48/91
- PHOTO Mill Brothers Landsc…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mill Brothers Landscape & Nursery Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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5790 - Kalamazoo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
5790 - Kalamazoo
4.4 TCR
- Mill Brothers
Mill Brothers Landscape & Nursery Inc.
4.4 TCR
- Omegascapes
Omegascapes
4.4 TCR
- Landscape
Landscape
4.4 TCR
- 140507
140507
4.4 TCR
What this shows 5790 - Kalamazoo averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the Lawn Care BLS benchmark).
5790 - Kalamazoo TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2019=13.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 4.5
Where 5790 - Kalamazoo falls in its industry
2,875 Lawn Care establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 91 Lawn Care employers in Michigan.
5790 - Kalamazoo has fewer employees than the Lawn Care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
561730 · MI · Portage
2,875 Lawn Care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, 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 | Mill Brothers Landscape & Nursery Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Omegascapes | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Landscape | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 140507 | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | PRH GROUP LLC | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Three Rivers Svc Ctr | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alpena Power Company | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Water Treatment City of Wyoming | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Instruments - 1941 | 2,914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Medical | 2,059 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Summit Polymers, Inc. | 1,619 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stryker Corporation Shared Services | 768 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Grain Craft MT | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Los Angeles Convention Center (ASM Global) | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aspirus Riverview Hospital622 | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Columbia Manufacturing Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Faciliserv, Inc. IL | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5622 - Alpharetta | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 5620 - Wichita | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eagle Creek | 33 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.