Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Indiana

City of Michigan City - Transit Department

Michigan City, IN · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Michigan City - Transit Department runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade B.

City of Michigan City - Transit Department: 3.1 TCR = 69% of Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Michigan City - Transit Department safety composite

City of Michigan City - Transit Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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%).

Rising injury rate

City of Michigan City - Transit Department: 0.0 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

City of Michigan City - Transit Department's TCR rose 6.2 from 0.0 in 2022 to 6.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Michigan City, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Chester, NY - Elizab…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chester, NY - Elizabeth Drive (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Michigan City - Transit Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Michigan City - Transit Department averages 3.1 TCR (69% of the Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Michigan City - Transit Department TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=6.2 · BLS 4.5

Where City of Michigan City - Transit Department falls in its industry

421 Local transit systems, mixed m establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Local transit systems, mixed m employers in Indiana.

City of Michigan City - Transit Department (21 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Michigan City - Transit Department
City of Michigan City - Transit Department (21 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

City of Michigan City - Transit Department has fewer employees than the Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2023 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · IN · Michigan City

421 Local transit systems, mixed mode (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, IN · 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 Chester, NY - Elizabeth Drive 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55312 BWI Airport Shuttle 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EDIF O & M 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fresno,CA - East Ave 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastside Dairy, LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Ridge 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana Sow Farm 5 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indiana Sow Farm 3 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR Diamond R Fertilizer Co Inc - Okeechobee 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Wichita, KS 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Hinz Company, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators 1003 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harlow's School Bus Service of Montana - McCall 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Code Welding & Mfg. Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hawk Plastics 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE JR Koop dba Therm Dynamics 21 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.