Engineering research and development laboratories or services · Michigan

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture)

Auburn Hills, MI · ~537 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Engineering research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade A.

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture): 0.1 TCR = 24% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) safety composite

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) held a steady TCR band

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.1 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 0.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Auburn Hills, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #2/19
  • PHOTO Continental - Auburn…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~537 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Continental - Auburn Hills North (0.0 TCR gap)

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Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) averages 0.1 TCR (24% of the Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0 · 2020=0.1 · BLS 0.5

Where Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) falls in its industry

319 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 19 Engineering research and devel employers in Michigan.

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) (537 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture)
Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) (537 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Auburn Hills South - Research, Test and Development (we do not manufacture) has more employees than the Engineering research and development lab median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2020 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.4 0.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MI · Auburn Hills

319 Engineering research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 215 employers in Auburn Hills, 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 Continental - Auburn Hills North 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCG Health 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leidos - Dynetics 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Chestnut Run Plaza 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital 537 FTE
STATE-SIZE Auburn Hills - 1250 Brown Road 536 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elmers Crane and Dozer Inc 539 FTE
STATE-SIZE L&L Products, Inc. 535 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology Center 14,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology 12,609 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTC Pilot Plant 1,094 FTE
CITY-NEAR Auburn Hills North - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) 1,014 FTE
NAT-TCR Tellepsen Industrial 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6354-CA72 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ESGI 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Four Seasons Hotel NYC 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dsf5 537 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Superior College 537 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: 2020, 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.