Loading and unloading services at rail terminals · Michigan

Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~169 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit runs at 86% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Loading and unloading services at rail terminals workplace, earning a grade C.

Detroit: 3.9 TCR = 86% of Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit safety composite

Detroit scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−12.8

2016→2024

Detroit injury rate improved

Detroit's TCR fell 12.8 from 13.5 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.5 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 86% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Union Tank Car Compa…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit averages 3.9 TCR (86% of the Loading and unloading services at rail terminals BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit TCR series: 2016=13.5 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=0.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=3 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Detroit falls in its industry

409 Loading and unloading services establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Loading and unloading services employers in Michigan.

Detroit (169 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600800 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit
Detroit (169 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Detroit has more employees than the Loading and unloading services at rail t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2023 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2022 4.6 3.6 5 0 0
2021 3.0 2.0 3 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 10.2 8.8 22 0 0
2017 0.8 0.0 2 0 0
2016 13.5 8.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · MI · Detroit

409 Loading and unloading services at rail terminals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 Union Tank Car Company - Valdosta, GA 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BROOKLYN OREGON 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rail Services Inc 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metro East Industries, Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mt. Clements Service center 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rauhorn Electric, Inc. 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE CorrChoice LLC 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE KTM Industries, Inc 169 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Columbia Forest Products Presque Isle, Maine 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LB Water- Selinsgrove 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Forklifts of Toledo 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Luke's Home 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant 32 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Concrete Partners (Elm Mott) 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE WILLIAMSBURG 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE RHP MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC dba; RAY HEATING PRODUCTS INC. 169 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.