Engineering research and development laboratories or services · Michigan

Detroit Lab

Detroit, MI · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Lab runs at 464% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Engineering research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade F.

Detroit Lab: 2.3 TCR = 464% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Lab safety composite

Detroit Lab scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Detroit Lab: 0.0 → 4.6 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Detroit Lab's TCR rose 4.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.6 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.3 · 464% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/19
  • PHOTO Transporttation Tech…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Transporttation Technology Center, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit Lab in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Lab averages 2.3 TCR (464% of the Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Lab TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=4.6 · BLS 0.5

Where Detroit Lab falls in its industry

319 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 19 Engineering research and devel employers in Michigan.

Detroit Lab (22 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Lab
Detroit Lab (22 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Detroit Lab has fewer employees than the Engineering research and development lab median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2017 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MI · Detroit

319 Engineering research and development laboratories or services 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 Transporttation Technology Center, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abon Pharmaceuticals 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Clinical Research 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Direct/DLNR-Aquatic Resources 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skymint Silo59 Production Facility 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRT Brighton 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cadillac Renewable Energy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benzonia 22 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 Mc Men 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver (Henderson) Dc 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 80 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #371 HERMITAGE, PA 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Open Gates FTD/ARTI 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE LKC CBTC Flushing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0785 - Alexander City, Al 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 22 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: 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.