Transmission and distribution line construction · Michigan

Michels Power- MI

West Branch, MI · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michels Power- MI runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Transmission and distribution line construction workplace, earning a grade A.

Michels Power- MI: 0.9 TCR = 32% of Transmission and distribution line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Power- MI safety composite

Michels Power- MI scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Michels Power- MI: 0.0 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2017

Michels Power- MI's TCR rose 1.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · West Branch, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/54
  • PHOTO CMS Wireless
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CMS Wireless (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michels Power- MI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Power- MI averages 0.9 TCR (32% of the Transmission and distribution line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Power- MI TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Power- MI falls in its industry

1,605 Transmission and distribution establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 54 Transmission and distribution employers in Michigan.

Michels Power- MI (42 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Power- MI
Michels Power- MI (42 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Michels Power- MI has fewer employees than the Transmission and distribution line const median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2017 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MI · West Branch

1,605 Transmission and distribution line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 36 employers in West Branch, 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 CMS Wireless 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7102106 DUKE Pisgah Ridge 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PraXel Line Services 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riggs Distler & Company Inc 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE General Meter 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Jackson 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pennings & Sons 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CR Meyer - Muskegon 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5159 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5159 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR MidMichigan Medical Center - West Branch 292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Griffin Beverage CO West Branch 129 FTE
NAT-TCR 31- South Sioux City 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Automation and Controls : GA - RCR - Rochester, NY 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ups National Turnpike (Kynat) 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Maser Consulting, Red Bank 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avanti Wind Systems, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE WSW 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Bethany Inc 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association 42 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: 2017, 2016. 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.