Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Michigan

A20000 - Department of Transportation

Detroit, MI · ~904 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A20000 - Department of Transportation runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade D.

A20000 - Department of Transportation: 6.2 TCR = 138% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A20000 - Department of Transportation safety composite

A20000 - Department of Transportation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

A20000 - Department of Transportation: 6.2 → 58.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 58.8 TCR · DART/TCR 8.39× in 2024

A20000 - Department of Transportation's TCR rose 52.5 from 6.2 in 2023 to 58.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 8.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 138% of ind

  • DART 52.2 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO 9025-15 L.I.F.T.S.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 99 inj
  • SIZE ~904 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9025-15 L.I.F.T.S. (0.0 TCR gap)

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A20000 - Department of Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A20000 - Department of Transportation averages 6.2 TCR (138% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

A20000 - Department of Transportation TCR series: 2023=6.2 · 2024=58.8 · BLS 4.5

Where A20000 - Department of Transportation falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Michigan.

A20000 - Department of Transportation (904 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate A20000 - Department of Transportation
A20000 - Department of Transportation (904 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

A20000 - Department of Transportation has more employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 58.8 52.2 45 0 0
2023 6.2 5.2 54 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · MI · Detroit

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 9025-15 L.I.F.T.S. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 450 GWINNETT COUNTY 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2662-7064 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-970 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Transportation 904 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magna Seating Detroit 903 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Middle School 903 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magna Mirrors- Newaygo 902 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Related Management Company LP The Caledonia 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sysco Montana 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Carpentry Inc 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Sioux Falls 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home 904 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uber Technologies Mathilda Place 904 FTE
NAT-SIZE AL207 Naheola Paper 904 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-ASM-IL 904 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.