Warehousing and storage, general merchandise · Pennsylvania

Michaels Distribution Center #1828

Name: Michaels Distribution Center #1828 Workplace Safety Data
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Hazleton, PA · ~467 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.2
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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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.

Michaels Distribution Center #1828: 8.2 TCR = 142% of Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 safety composite

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−3.7

2017→2018

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 injury rate improved

Michaels Distribution Center #1828's TCR fell 3.7 from 10.1 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Hazleton, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.2 · 142% of ind

DART 5.6 DART
RANK #544/650
PHOTO Chicago Distribution…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 62 inj
SIZE ~467 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chicago Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Distri

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4186-DC201

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WOW

8.2
Minooka, IL (B

8.2

What this shows Michaels Distribution Center #1828 averages 8.2 TCR (142% of the Warehousing and storage, general merchandise BLS benchmark).

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=6.4 · BLS 5.8

Where Michaels Distribution Center #1828 falls in its industry

9,477 Warehousing and storage, gener establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #544 safest of 650 Warehousing and storage, gener employers in Pennsylvania.

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 (467 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Michaels Distribution Center #1828 has more employees than the Warehousing and storage, general merchan median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018	6.4	5.6	19	6	0
2017	10.1	9.6	43	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · PA · Hazleton

9,477 Warehousing and storage, general merchandise employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 79 employers in Hazleton, PA · 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	Chicago Distribution Center	WOODRIDGE, IL	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	4186-DC201	MATTHEWS, NC	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WOW	CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI	8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Minooka, IL (BMW) 175	MINOOKA, IL	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North America : Towanda	TOWANDA	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CAES - Lansdale	LANSDALE	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pinnacle Health Regional Physicians	HARRISBURG	467 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hershey EDC III WHS	PALMYRA	468 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - AVP1	Hazleton	2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Case Ready Hazleton PA	Hazleton	872 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton	Hazleton	796 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LVH-Hazleton	Hazleton	722 FTE
NAT-TCR	Runnings of Aberdeen	Aberdeen, SD	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mesa (Azmes)	Mesa, AZ	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Manteo (Ncman)	Manteo, NC	8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Even Hotel Rockville	Rockville, MD	8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2073-EJ-20730180-FO	Houston, TX	467 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wegmans Potomac Mills 055	Woodbridge, VA	467 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cummins Facility Services LLC	Prospect, OH	467 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greenland Plant	Church Hill, TN	467 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: 2018, 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.