Construction management, water and sewer line · Michigan

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~691 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade C.

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit: 2.6 TCR = 92% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit safety composite

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−926.4

2023→2024

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit injury rate improved

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit's TCR fell 926.4 from 929.0 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 929.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=929.0 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 92% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #12/35
  • PHOTO Brotherton Pipeline,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~691 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brotherton Pipeline, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit averages 2.6 TCR (92% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit TCR series: 2023=929 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit falls in its industry

1,614 Construction management, water establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 35 Construction management, water employers in Michigan.

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit (691 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit (691 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Detroit Water and Sewerage Department - City of Detroit has more employees than the Construction management, water and sewer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.4 15 1 0
2023 929.0 929.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MI · Detroit

1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line 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 Brotherton Pipeline, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vortex Infrastructure Holdings LLC 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RP Weddell & Sons 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shook Construction Co. - Brecksville 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WNM 691 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brose Detroit 688 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake Huron Medical Center 688 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRMI, Inc. 687 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 McHenry 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Philadelphia 1 Arrivals Road 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NORTHWEST 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SOUTHERN 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Treasure Bay Casino 691 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coora - Aurora Hub 691 FTE
NAT-SIZE Texas Children's Hospital - Meyer 691 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding 691 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.