Elementary and secondary schools · Indiana

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department

Michigan City, IN · ~540 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department runs at 321% 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-Food Service Department: 4.5 TCR = 321% of Elementary and secondary schools BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department safety composite

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−8.6

2023→2024

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department injury rate improved

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department's TCR fell 8.6 from 8.8 in 2023 to 0.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.8 · 2024=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 321% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #76/123
  • PHOTO ST.CROIX RIVER EDUCA…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~540 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ST.CROIX RIVER EDUCATION DISTRICT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department averages 4.5 TCR (321% 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-Food Service Department TCR series: 2023=8.8 · 2024=0.2 · BLS 1.4

Where Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary and secondary schoo establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #76 safest of 123 Elementary and secondary schoo employers in Indiana.

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department (540 employees, TCR 4.5) 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-Food Service Department
Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department (540 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Michigan City Area Schools-Food Service Department has more employees than the Elementary and secondary schools median and a higher 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 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2023 8.8 8.8 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 ST.CROIX RIVER EDUCATION DISTRICT 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drexel School 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kenwood 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willow Brook Elementary School 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mooresville - 9440 South State 540 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indianapolis Power & Light 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4818-IN10 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE Champion Topeka 538 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 ITW Drawform 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ncsta - Statesville 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Hickory Woods 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grob Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE John Knox Village of Central Florida Inc 540 FTE
NAT-SIZE kdc/ one 540 FTE
NAT-SIZE Just Born Incorporated 540 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ledwell & Son Enterprises Inc. 540 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.