Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services · Michigan

BASF Corporation Southfield

Southfield, MI · ~769 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Corporation Southfield runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services workplace, earning a grade C.

BASF Corporation Southfield: 0.5 TCR = 90% of Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Corporation Southfield safety composite

BASF Corporation Southfield scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2019

BASF Corporation Southfield injury rate improved

BASF Corporation Southfield's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Southfield, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 0.5 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #19/31
  • PHOTO Baker Hughes, a GE C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~769 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baker Hughes, a GE Company - Ginn Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Corporation Southfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BASF Corporation Southfield averages 0.5 TCR (90% of the Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services BLS benchmark).

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

BASF Corporation Southfield TCR series: 2016=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=0.3 · BLS 0.5

Where BASF Corporation Southfield falls in its industry

232 Laboratory testing (except med establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 31 Laboratory testing (except med employers in Michigan.

BASF Corporation Southfield (769 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Corporation Southfield
BASF Corporation Southfield (769 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

BASF Corporation Southfield has more employees than the Laboratory testing (except medical, vete median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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
2019 0.3 0.1 2 0 0
2018 0.5 0.0 4 0 0
2016 0.6 0.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · MI · Southfield

232 Laboratory testing (except medical, veterinary) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 175 employers in Southfield, 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 Baker Hughes, a GE Company - Ginn Center 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR US SL NQAC Dublin 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nestle Quality Assurance Center (NQAC) 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR JRGO, LLC 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mayco Sterling Heights 770 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
STATE-SIZE Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital 771 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine 765 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDET210 ASCENSION PROVIDENCE HOSP - SOUTHFIELD 2,128 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIDET210 2,027 FTE
CITY-NEAR Barton Malow Holdings, LLC 1,959 FTE
CITY-NEAR DENSO International America, inc. 1,503 FTE
NAT-TCR Serv Pro 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Duke Electric Co, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1555 Suzy St 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AM Conservation 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Great Performances 769 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Louis Park 3800 Bldg 769 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toyotestsu Mid America LLC 769 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fort Bragg 769 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: 2019, 2018, 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.