Elementary and secondary schools · Indiana

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School

Michigan City, IN · ~543 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary and secondary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School: 3.2 TCR = 226% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School safety composite

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−6.3

2023→2024

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School injury rate improved

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School's TCR fell 6.3 from 6.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Michigan City, IN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 3.2 · 226% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #44/123
  • PHOTO 025 - Ben Davis Univ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~543 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 025 - Ben Davis University High School (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School averages 3.2 TCR (226% of the Elementary and secondary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School TCR series: 2023=6.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 123 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Indiana.

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School (543 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School
Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School (543 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Michigan City Area Schools- Elston School has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IN · Michigan City

3,374 Elementary and secondary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 111 employers in Michigan City, 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 025 - Ben Davis University High School 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Castle Elementary 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ISD #166 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1459-3000 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis Power & Light 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE Peterman Heating Cooling & Plumbing Inc 545 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4818-IN10 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE One Solution Logistics of Indiana 545 FTE
CITY-NEAR Franciscan Health Michigan City 938 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Chip Casino Hotel Spa 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michigan City High School 603 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hearthside Foods Solutions 602 FTE
NAT-TCR Mngra - Granite Falls 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR AES Asset Acquisition Corp dba Clean Earth of Calvert City 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Plug Power Houston PCT 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawkins County Memorial Hospital 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gerber Products Co 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valero St. Charles Refinery 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE Everglades Equipment Co. 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linetec 543 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.