Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing · Michigan

Kirchhoff Automotive

Tecumseh, MI · ~753 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kirchhoff Automotive runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kirchhoff Automotive: 8.1 TCR = 246% of Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirchhoff Automotive safety composite

Kirchhoff Automotive scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−12.9

2018→2021

Kirchhoff Automotive injury rate improved

Kirchhoff Automotive's TCR fell 12.9 from 16.9 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=16.9 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Tecumseh, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 246% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO TRAIL-EZE Platte
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 227 inj
  • SIZE ~753 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TRAIL-EZE Platte (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kirchhoff Automotive in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirchhoff Automotive averages 8.1 TCR (246% of the Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kirchhoff Automotive TCR series: 2018=16.9 · 2019=7.4 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=4 · BLS 3.3

Where Kirchhoff Automotive falls in its industry

474 Automobile transporter trailer establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Automobile transporter trailer employers in Michigan.

Kirchhoff Automotive (753 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kirchhoff Automotive
Kirchhoff Automotive (753 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Kirchhoff Automotive has more employees than the Automobile transporter trailers, multi-c median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2021 4.0 0.0 23 0 0
2020 4.2 2.6 27 0 0
2019 7.4 4.8 47 1 0
2018 16.9 4.8 130 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · MI · Tecumseh

474 Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 15 employers in Tecumseh, 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 TRAIL-EZE Platte 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 118_163 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR STE Hackney Inc. - Montgomery, PA 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sidney 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beacon Specialized Living Services, inc. 753 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hemlcok Semiconductor Operations, LLC 752 FTE
STATE-SIZE Qualified Staffing onsite at Hemlock Semiconductor 752 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2250-373 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uniloy, Inc. 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Busch's Inc 1038 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herrick Hospital 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ervin Technologies 61 FTE
NAT-TCR LifeNet Health Concert Drive 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Z-Flex U.S. Inc. 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR The Arboretum VLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Touchmark on South Hill LP 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Steel Dynamics, Inc. - FR Columbus 753 FTE
NAT-SIZE 416607-Pittsburgh Ndc 753 FTE
NAT-SIZE ON Semiconductor Pocatello 753 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vein Clinics of America 753 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: 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.