Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) · Michigan

Chat of Mi.

Romulus, MI · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chat of Mi. runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) workplace, earning a grade D.

Chat of Mi.: 7.8 TCR = 172% of Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chat of Mi. safety composite

Chat of Mi. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.0

2016→2018

Chat of Mi. injury rate improved

Chat of Mi.'s TCR fell 1.0 from 8.7 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488991 · Romulus, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 172% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #7/9
  • PHOTO Building 4
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Building 4 (0.2 TCR gap)

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Chat of Mi. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chat of Mi. averages 7.8 TCR (172% of the Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) BLS benchmark).

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

Chat of Mi. TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=7.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Chat of Mi. falls in its industry

91 Preparing goods for transporta establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 9 Preparing goods for transporta employers in Michigan.

Chat of Mi. (63 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chat of Mi.
Chat of Mi. (63 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Chat of Mi. has fewer employees than the Preparing goods for transportation (i.e. median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 7.7 7.7 5 0 0
2017 6.8 3.4 4 0 0
2016 8.7 7.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488991 · MI · Romulus

91 Preparing goods for transportation (i.e., crating, packing) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 199 employers in Romulus, 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 Building 4 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR USG Shoals, IN 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Building 2 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TransPak, Inc. - Milpitas 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DeGrandchamps Blueberry Farm 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Macomb 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE NHI Commercial 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gerber Construction Co. Inc. 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DTW1 3,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW1 3,502 FTE
CITY-NEAR Romulus Powertrain 1,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Romulus 1,037 FTE
NAT-TCR 52611 Chandler DC - HSS 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Union City (Whipple Road) 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Schein, Inc. - Southeastern Distribution Center 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rchc Ga-Columbus Companion 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cincinnati One Hour Heating and Air 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Las Vegas One Hour Air Conditioning 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE JOM KY Distribution Center 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Logistics - Anniston 63 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.