Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction · Indiana

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso

Valparaiso, IN · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction workplace, earning a grade B.

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso: 1.9 TCR = 69% of Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso safety composite

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.8

2021→2023

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso injury rate improved

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=5.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237120 · Valparaiso, IN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.9 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Southeast Connection…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southeast Connections LLc ( Austell, Georgia) (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Indiana employers → · Look up another →

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso averages 1.9 TCR (69% of the Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction BLS benchmark).

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

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso TCR series: 2021=5.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso falls in its industry

809 Compressor, metering and pumpi establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Compressor, metering and pumpi employers in Indiana.

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso (29 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7 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 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso
Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso (29 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 137 employees and a TCR of 0.7

Michels Utility Services Inc-IN-Valparaiso has fewer employees than the Compressor, metering and pumping station median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.7. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237120 · IN · Valparaiso

809 Compressor, metering and pumping station, gas and oil pipeline, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 122 employers in Valparaiso, IN · 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 Southeast Connections LLc ( Austell, Georgia) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gas Field Specialists - 1 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Central Oilfield Services 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Virginia Office 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Calf Land LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE LeMaster Steel Erectors Inc. - Noblesville 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE 640-NiSource-Kokomo IN-Home Ave 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Clarksville 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Porter Hospital LLC 1,509 FTE
CITY-NEAR PORTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL 1,468 FTE
CITY-NEAR Opportunity Enterprises, Inc. 635 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Valparaiso 411 FTE
NAT-TCR Roosevelt Warm Springs 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR D-B Cartage,Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4673 Niles, IL 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Vector Services 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE M&E - Grand Rapids 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Muskegon Plant - 16 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Feldmeier Equipment AL 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE TQ construction, Inc 29 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.