Fire sprinkler system installation · Michigan

Brigade Fire Protection

Belmont, MI · ~74 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brigade Fire Protection runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Brigade Fire Protection: 4.2 TCR = 149% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brigade Fire Protection safety composite

Brigade Fire Protection scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2024

Brigade Fire Protection injury rate improved

Brigade Fire Protection's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Belmont, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #94/153
  • PHOTO Clima-Tech LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clima-Tech LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brigade Fire Protection in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brigade Fire Protection averages 4.2 TCR (149% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Brigade Fire Protection TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=3.7 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Brigade Fire Protection falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #94 safest of 153 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in Michigan.

Brigade Fire Protection (74 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Brigade Fire Protection
Brigade Fire Protection (74 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Brigade Fire Protection has more employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.7 2.7 2 0 0
2023 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2021 5.7 2.8 4 0 0
2020 7.7 3.9 6 0 0
2019 3.7 0.0 3 0 0
2018 3.5 1.2 3 0 0
2016 4.6 2.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Belmont

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 19 employers in Belmont, 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 Clima-Tech LLC 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Daniel L. Marks Incorporated 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunstate Plumbing, Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crawford Sprinkler Co of Raleigh 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adrian SC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Office 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Works-Streets and Sanitation 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Williams Form Engineering 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wynalda Packaging 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3787_7206 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mahle Industrial Thermal Systems America, LP Main Plant 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Norcross Clearance Center #1095 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Columbia 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Savage Arms, Inc. 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR T&H Electrical Corp. 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE AgCentral Farmers Co-op, Athens 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE JBS Roofing 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Huntington Fire Company #3 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE U.S. IOL, Inc. 74 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, 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.