Testing Laboratories · Michigan

Chelsea Proving Grounds

Chelsea, MI · ~636 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chelsea Proving Grounds runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Testing Laboratories workplace, earning a grade D.

Chelsea Proving Grounds: 0.7 TCR = 132% of Testing Laboratories BLS 0.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chelsea Proving Grounds safety composite

Chelsea Proving Grounds scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Chelsea Proving Grounds injury rate improved

Chelsea Proving Grounds's TCR fell 0.8 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Chelsea, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.7 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #22/31
  • PHOTO Food Safety Net Serv…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 52 inj
  • SIZE ~636 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Omaha Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chelsea Proving Grounds in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chelsea Proving Grounds averages 0.7 TCR (132% of the Testing Laboratories BLS benchmark).

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

Chelsea Proving Grounds TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 0.5

Where Chelsea Proving Grounds falls in its industry

232 Testing Laboratories establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #22 safest of 31 Testing Laboratories employers in Michigan.

Chelsea Proving Grounds (636 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Chelsea Proving Grounds
Chelsea Proving Grounds (636 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

Chelsea Proving Grounds has more employees than the Testing Laboratories 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
2024 0.3 0.3 3 0 0
2023 0.6 0.1 6 0 0
2022 0.5 0.2 5 0 0
2021 0.7 0.2 7 2 0
2020 0.3 0.1 3 0 0
2019 1.2 0.8 9 2 0
2018 0.5 0.4 5 0 0
2017 0.6 0.3 5 1 0
2016 1.1 0.8 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · MI · Chelsea

232 Testing Laboratories employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 27 employers in Chelsea, 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 Food Safety Net Services, Ltd - Omaha Lab 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bloomington - BIC 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tulsa FS (O&G) - 1777 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE MillerKnoll, Inc, (Meridian) - 171st 636 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2965-635 636 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jabil 635 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boars Head Holland 638 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital 1,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Methodist Retirement Communities 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheridan Books, Inc. 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chelsea Milling Company 326 FTE
NAT-TCR Store #65 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gatlin Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Pittsburgh Airport Settlers Ridge 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Axon 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Behr Corporate HQ 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE CO-Colorado Springs 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nautique Boat Company, Inc. 636 FTE
NAT-SIZE 102-PL001 636 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, 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.