STATE GOVERNMENT · Michigan

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs

Name: Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Kalamazoo, MI · ~274 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical STATE GOVERNMENT workplace, earning a grade B.

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs: 2.3 TCR = 61% of STATE GOVERNMENT BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs safety composite

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−1.2

2017→2019

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs injury rate improved

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.9 in 2017 to 1.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.9 · 2019=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624190 · Kalamazoo, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 61% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #12/28
PHOTO Petaluma People Serv…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~274 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Petaluma People Services Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Petaluma Peopl

2.3
Sleep Inn 18th

2.3
Support Center

2.3
Ross

2.3

What this shows Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs averages 2.3 TCR (61% of the STATE GOVERNMENT BLS benchmark).

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs TCR series: 2017=2.9 · 2019=1.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs falls in its industry

990 STATE GOVERNMENT establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade B

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 28 STATE GOVERNMENT employers in Michigan.

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs (274 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Kalamazoo Co Ofc - Dhhs has more employees than the STATE GOVERNMENT median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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	1.7	0.9	4	0	0
2017	2.9	2.1	6	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624190 · MI · Kalamazoo

990 STATE GOVERNMENT employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Petaluma People Services Center	PETALUMA, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sleep Inn 18th St	BROOKLYN, NY	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Support Center	SAINT PETERSBURG, FL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ross	CHILLICOTHE, OH	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GR-Oliver Healthcare Packaging	GRAND RAPIDS	274 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Summit Polymers Inc. P18	KALAMAZOO	274 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flat Rock Metal,Inc.	FLAT ROCK	274 FTE
STATE-SIZE	International Extrusions, Inc.	GARDEN CITY	274 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road	Kalamazoo	3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments	Kalamazoo	2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1855-MIKAL1	Kalamazoo	2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR	Universal Forest Products Locust LLC	Locust, NC	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mountaineer Plant	New Haven, WV	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	JFK International Airport - Delta	Queens, NY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Fargo Assembly of PA, Inc.	David City, NE	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Interim Healthcare of Kansas City	Overland Park, KS	274 FTE
NAT-SIZE	WBI - Somerset PA0447	Somerset, PA	274 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Glaxo Smith Kline LLC DPC	York, PA	274 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at North Carolina a&T State	Greensboro, NC	274 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.