Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Pennsylvania
Michaels Distribution Center #1828
Hazleton, PA · ~467 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.2
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Michaels Distribution Center #1828 runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Warehousing and storage, general merchandise workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 5.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 62
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Michaels Distribution Center #1828's OSHA Total Case Rate of 8.2 to the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark of 5.8 (142% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Michaels Distribution Center #1828's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 5.8 industry benchmark.
Where Michaels Distribution Center #1828 falls in its industry
10,728 Warehousing and storage, gener establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #587 safest of 693 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Pennsylvania.
Trend analysis for Michaels Distribution Center #1828
Between 2017 and 2018, Michaels Distribution Center #1828's Total Case Rate improved from 10.1 to 6.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 37% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 6.4, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 10.1, a spread of 3.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Michaels Distribution Center #1828 recorded 62 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 62 injuries, 6 illnesses shown on this page for Michaels Distribution Center #1828 are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 493110 - Warehousing and storage, general merchandise.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
22 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 786,605 hours worked = 5.59 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Michaels Distribution Center #1828 (this establishment) | 8.22 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Warehousing and storage, general merchandise industry avg | 5.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 493110 |
| Pennsylvania state avg (all industries) | 5.06 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Michaels Distribution Center #1828 to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 25 reportable incidents · 19 injuries, 6 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 43 reportable incidents · 43 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Michaels Distribution Center #1828's reported OSHA injury record versus its Warehousing and storage, general merchandise peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 142% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise benchmark, Michaels Distribution Center #1828 reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Warehousing and storage, general merchandise sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.