Petroleum Refineries · Michigan

Detroit Refinery

Detroit, MI · ~574 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Refinery runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Petroleum Refineries workplace, earning a grade A.

Detroit Refinery: 0.4 TCR = 13% of Petroleum Refineries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Refinery safety composite

Detroit Refinery scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Detroit Refinery injury rate improved

Detroit Refinery's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.8 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P57
  • PHOTO El Paso Refinery
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~574 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Paso Refinery (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit Refinery in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Refinery averages 0.4 TCR (13% of the Petroleum Refineries BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Refinery TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.4 · 2018=0.3 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.2 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Detroit Refinery falls in its industry

198 Petroleum Refineries establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Detroit Refinery (574 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5 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 05001,0001,500 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Refinery
Detroit Refinery (574 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Detroit Refinery has more employees than the Petroleum Refineries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.3 0.2 2 0 0
2022 0.3 0.2 2 0 0
2021 0.8 0.6 4 0 0
2020 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2019 0.8 0.1 5 0 0
2018 0.3 0.1 2 0 0
2017 0.4 0.3 3 0 0
2016 0.8 0.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · MI · Detroit

198 Petroleum Refineries 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 El Paso Refinery 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Premcor Refining Group INC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Galveston Bay Refinery 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Flex-N-Gate Detroit 32-0487145 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tiara Yachts 574 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carl Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions 575 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mass Transportation Authority 575 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 Columbus 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Alpha RPC - D002 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Moutrie Trucking 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fontana DC 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corporate Service Center 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE DHS-Woodward Resource Center 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital 574 FTE
NAT-SIZE First Quality Tissue, LLC. 574 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.