Executive and legislative office combinations · Michigan

City of Lowell

Lowell, MI · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Lowell runs at 275% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Executive and legislative office combinations workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Lowell: 8.8 TCR = 275% of Executive and legislative office combinations BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Lowell safety composite

City of Lowell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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%).

City of Lowell held a steady TCR band

City of Lowell's TCR held near 0.3 from 7.7 in 2018 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.7 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=19.2 · 2023=8.0 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921140 · Lowell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 275% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #12/16
  • PHOTO Sumter County SC Gov…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sumter County SC Government (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Lowell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Lowell averages 8.8 TCR (275% of the Executive and legislative office combinations BLS benchmark).

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

City of Lowell TCR series: 2018=7.7 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=7.5 · 2022=19.2 · 2023=8 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Lowell falls in its industry

239 Executive and legislative offi establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Executive and legislative offi employers in Michigan.

City of Lowell (36 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 282 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Lowell
City of Lowell (36 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 282 employees and a TCR of 4.8

City of Lowell has fewer employees than the Executive and legislative office combina median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 7.5 3.7 2 0 0
2023 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2022 19.2 0.0 5 0 0
2021 7.5 3.8 2 0 0
2020 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 7.4 3.7 2 0 0
2018 7.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921140 · MI · Lowell

239 Executive and legislative office combinations employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Lowell, 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 Sumter County SC Government 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Mason City 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ottawa County - Parks Operation Center 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Engineer and Secondary Roads 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE R & R ASPHALT INC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blue Water Energy Center 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Facilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Haven Office 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lowell Area Schools 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Inc. - Lowell 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litehouse Foods Inc 320 FTE
CITY-NEAR 205 - Lowell 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Kiolbassa Provision Company Brazos 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Storm Lake Turkey Plant 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Scott County Community Sheltered Workshop 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Darling Ingredients Wichita 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cramers' Inc. 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomery MON 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goldsboro, NC - Gateway 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE PRO Systems 36 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. 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.