Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum · Michigan

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI

Detroit, MI · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum workplace, earning a grade A.

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI safety composite

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324191 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Valvoline LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Valvoline LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum BLS benchmark).

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

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI falls in its industry

171 Lubricating oils and greases, establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Lubricating oils and greases, employers in Michigan.

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI (50 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0100200300400 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI
Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI (50 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Houghton International, Inc., Manufacturing Plant - MI has fewer employees than the Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324191 · MI · Detroit

171 Lubricating oils and greases, petroleum, made from refined petroleum 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 Valvoline LLC 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR BP Lubricants USA Warminster Plant 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR D-A Outside Sales 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lube-Tech and Partners - St Paul 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 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 Parker Majestic 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Yellow Dog Design, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Zanesville Service Center 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 66- Peg 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE RPM Diesel Engine Co 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brm Wgs 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glade Spring Service Center 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE RESA Power - Cicero 50 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: 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.