General services departments, government · Michigan

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division

Portage, MI · ~35 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division runs at 450% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division: 14.4 TCR = 450% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division safety composite

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−12.0

2016→2023

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division injury rate improved

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division's TCR fell 12.0 from 26.9 in 2016 to 14.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 29.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=26.9 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=29.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=14.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Portage, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 450% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/57
  • PHOTO Branford Parks and R…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Branford Parks and Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division averages 14.4 TCR (450% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division TCR series: 2016=26.9 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=29.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=14.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 57 General services departments, employers in Michigan.

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division (35 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division
City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division (35 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 14.9 0.0 2 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 29.2 17.5 5 0 0
2019 11.3 5.7 2 2 0
2018 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2017 12.3 12.3 4 0 0
2016 26.9 20.9 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MI · Portage

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, 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 Branford Parks and Recreation 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Gardena 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tama County Highway Department 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parks and Recreation 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments - 1941 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Medical 2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summit Polymers, Inc. 1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
NAT-TCR Jewish Senior Services 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Health and Rehab 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Maryhaven Center of Hope 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hinman-Davis, LLC 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE TJN Enterprises, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Livestock Association, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hill Wood Product 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Westshore/Airport 35 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, 2020, 2019, 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.