Employer · Michigan

Ferndale Schools

Ferndale, MI · ~23 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ferndale Schools runs at 209% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

Ferndale Schools: 6.3 TCR = 209% of industry BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ferndale Schools safety composite

Ferndale Schools scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2018→2024

Ferndale Schools injury rate improved

Ferndale Schools's TCR fell 3.1 from 9.1 in 2018 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=9.1 · 2019=19.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Ferndale, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 209% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #167/210
  • PHOTO BAPTIST-GOLDEN TRI
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BAPTIST-GOLDEN TRI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ferndale Schools in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ferndale Schools averages 6.3 TCR (209% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Ferndale Schools TCR series: 2018=9.1 · 2019=19.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.0

Where Ferndale Schools falls in its industry

6,952 industry establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #167 safest of 210 industry employers in Michigan.

Ferndale Schools (23 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ferndale Schools
Ferndale Schools (23 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ferndale Schools has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 6.0 6.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 9.7 9.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 19.2 19.2 2 0 0
2018 9.1 9.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · MI · Ferndale

6,952 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 28 employers in Ferndale, 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 BAPTIST-GOLDEN TRI 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT ROLAND E. POWELL CONVENTION CEN 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 000018458 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BROWN DEER 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR THIEL COLLEGE ROTUNDA BISTRO (YOUNGS)** 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Garden Fresh Gourmet 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kingswood Hospital 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progressive Mechanical, Inc 212 FTE
NAT-TCR Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - NKC 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Baptist-Golden Tri 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Adventist Health Saint Helena 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Acu Hard Fm 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Google Mezz Cafe 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE ACC Food Court 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE UW Superior Oper 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hofstra Admin 23 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. 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.