Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating · Michigan

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works

Royal Oak, MI · ~80 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works: 9.8 TCR = 308% of Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works safety composite

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.7

2017→2024

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works injury rate improved

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works's TCR fell 3.7 from 14.6 in 2017 to 10.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.6 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=10.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926130 · Royal Oak, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 308% of ind

  • DART 9.7 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO Field Services
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Field Services (0.7 TCR gap)

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City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works averages 9.8 TCR (308% of the Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating BLS benchmark).

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

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works TCR series: 2017=14.6 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=13.2 · 2022=5 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works falls in its industry

43 Public service (except transpo establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #5 safest of 8 Public service (except transpo employers in Michigan.

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works (80 employees, TCR 9.8) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 24 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 02,0004,0006,0008,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works
City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works (80 employees, TCR 9.8) among 23 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Royal Oak - Department of Public Works has fewer employees than the Public service (except transportation) c 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
2024 10.9 9.7 9 0 0
2023 6.5 6.5 5 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 4 0 0
2021 13.2 13.2 10 0 0
2020 5.8 4.3 4 0 0
2019 9.3 9.3 7 0 0
2018 13.4 13.4 10 0 0
2017 14.6 14.6 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926130 · MI · Royal Oak

43 Public service (except transportation) commissions, nonoperating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 51 employers in Royal Oak, 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 Field Services 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rossville village 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DPW/Water/Sewer/Motor Pool 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Water Treatment Services 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Country Dairy, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Area Energy Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howell SC 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE AL'S ASPHALT PAVING CO 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-300 9,436 FTE
CITY-NEAR Royal Oak. 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flex-N- Gate Royal Oak, LLC. 353 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00743 268 FTE
NAT-TCR Israel Putnam School 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ORD-D 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hotel Zachary 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1290 Riverside 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oakmont of Carmichael 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brinleys Grading Service Inc 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE TM Solutions 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keefe Group Maryland 80 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.