General services departments, government · Michigan

City of South Haven - Public Works

South Haven, MI · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of South Haven - Public Works runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of South Haven - Public Works: 8.5 TCR = 264% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of South Haven - Public Works safety composite

City of South Haven - Public Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−7.6

2019→2024

City of South Haven - Public Works injury rate improved

City of South Haven - Public Works's TCR fell 7.6 from 10.2 in 2019 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.2 · 2020=13.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · South Haven, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 264% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #38/57
  • PHOTO Highway Department
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Highway Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of South Haven - Public Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of South Haven - Public Works averages 8.5 TCR (264% 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 South Haven - Public Works TCR series: 2019=10.2 · 2020=13.3 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=8.5 · 2023=10.6 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 3.2

Where City of South Haven - Public Works falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 26% 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 #38 safest of 57 General services departments, employers in Michigan.

City of South Haven - Public Works (50 employees, TCR 8.5) 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 South Haven - Public Works
City of South Haven - Public Works (50 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of South Haven - Public Works 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
2024 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2023 10.6 7.9 4 0 0
2022 8.5 5.7 3 0 0
2021 5.5 2.8 1 1 0
2020 13.3 8.0 5 0 0
2019 10.2 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MI · South Haven

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 30 employers in South Haven, 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 Highway Department 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Granite City Police Department 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corporate Yard 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amador County 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1540 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson South Haven 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1540 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer Store 271 242 FTE
NAT-TCR 301 Colorado Foods Warehouse 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR D.H. Smith Company, Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Boutte Tree, Inc. 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Thornton Heating 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Daytona Speedway Autograph 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flex-O-Glass 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mydax, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE RSI 50 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.