Distribution of electric power · Michigan

Birch Run

Birch Run, MI · ~20 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Birch Run runs at 305% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Birch Run: 3.7 TCR = 305% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birch Run safety composite

Birch Run scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Birch Run held a steady TCR band

Birch Run's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 19.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=19.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Birch Run, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.7 · 305% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #54/63
  • PHOTO La Plata Electric As…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: La Plata Electric Association (0.0 TCR gap)

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Birch Run in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Birch Run averages 3.7 TCR (305% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Birch Run TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=19.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Birch Run falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 63 Distribution of electric power employers in Michigan.

Birch Run (20 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Birch Run
Birch Run (20 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Birch Run has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.9 9.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 19.4 9.7 1 1 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MI · Birch Run

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in Birch Run, 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 La Plata Electric Association 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wiregrass Electric Cooperative 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AQUEDUCT POWER PLANT OFFICE 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volunteer Energy Cooperative - Crossville 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 213 - Birch Run Twp 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gas Construction Northeast 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holland - BR 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR BR BIRCH RUN 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Hotel Viata 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Leevers Foods Rolla 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln Logistics, LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Logistic Service, LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Insituform Technologies LLC - Tualatin 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tomah Environmental Contractors, Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Family Mosaic Project 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Industries-Midland 20 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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