Academies, college or university · Michigan

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI · ~24,146 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
1
Fatality

The verdict

Michigan State University runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.5
avg TCR · per 100 workers
1.4
industry benchmark (BLS)
1
worker fatalities on record

Grade compares Michigan State University's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.5 to the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark of 1.4 (176% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Michigan State University's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 1.4 industry benchmark.

11.522.533.5 201620172018201920202021202220232024 2.51.4 Industry benchmarkMichigan State University TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 611310.

Where Michigan State University falls in its industry

409 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Academies, college or universi employers in Michigan.

Trend analysis for Michigan State University

Between 2016 and 2024, Michigan State University's Total Case Rate improved from 3.1 to 2.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 22% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.6, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 3.1, a spread of 1.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 9 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.

Summed across those 9 reporting years, Michigan State University recorded 3,071 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 3,071 injuries, 595 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for Michigan State University are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 611310 - Academies, college or university.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

227 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 34,616,543 hours worked = 1.31 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Michigan State University (this establishment) 2.46 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg
Universities industry avg 1.40 BLS IIF, NAICS 611310
Michigan state avg (all industries) 4.73 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Michigan State University to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.5 1.3 366 58 0
2023 2.1 1.2 308 48 1
2022 2.3 1.3 300 72 0
2021 1.9 1.1 243 42 0
2020 1.6 1.1 211 45 0
2019 2.9 1.9 428 68 0
2018 2.8 1.7 381 93 0
2017 2.9 1.7 403 85 0
2016 3.1 1.8 431 84 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Michigan State University's reported OSHA injury record versus its Academies, college or university peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 176% of the Academies, college or university benchmark, Michigan State University reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Academies, college or university sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Michigan State University's safety grade?
Michigan State University has a safety grade of D (Poor Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.5 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 1.4 for Academies, college or university.
How many injuries has Michigan State University reported?
Michigan State University has reported 3,071 total injuries and 1 fatalities across 9 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.