Distribution of natural gas · Michigan

Howell SC

Howell, MI · ~80 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howell SC runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Howell SC: 2.4 TCR = 203% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howell SC safety composite

Howell SC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

Howell SC: 1.3 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024

Howell SC's TCR rose 2.1 from 1.3 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Howell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.4 · 203% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #18/32
  • PHOTO Gibsonia
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gibsonia (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howell SC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howell SC averages 2.4 TCR (203% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Howell SC TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=0 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Howell SC falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 32 Distribution of natural gas employers in Michigan.

Howell SC (80 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Howell SC
Howell SC (80 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Howell SC has more employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 3.4 2.3 3 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 4 0 0
2022 6.3 3.8 4 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MI · Howell

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 94 employers in Howell, 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 Gibsonia 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR GREENPOINT SERVICE CENTER-NY50 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palm Desert Base - Bld: 0664 - 15 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montana Dakota Utilities - Glendive, MT 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Country Dairy, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Area Energy Center 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE AL'S ASPHALT PAVING CO 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Superior Electric Tri County, LLC 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thai Summit America 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Livingston County 721 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Livingston 488 FTE
NAT-TCR Kennedy Painting LLC 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR DAL 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Strip, Inc. Perrysburg 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Point Cabinetry 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE JMS Electric, Inc. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE R Henry Inc 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Benton County Foods LLC 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE C.J. Erickson Plumbing Co. 80 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.