Machine shops · Michigan

Micro Gauge

Brighton, MI · ~113 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Micro Gauge runs at 176% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

Micro Gauge: 5.8 TCR = 176% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Micro Gauge safety composite

Micro Gauge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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)
F 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−0.7

2016→2024

Micro Gauge injury rate improved

Micro Gauge's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.0 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=9.8 · 2019=1.6 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Brighton, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 176% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #67/111
  • PHOTO Madsen Machine Compa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~113 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Madsen Machine Company LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Micro Gauge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Micro Gauge averages 5.8 TCR (176% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

Micro Gauge TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=9.8 · 2019=1.6 · 2022=8 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Micro Gauge falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 111 Machine shops employers in Michigan.

Micro Gauge (113 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Micro Gauge
Micro Gauge (113 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Micro Gauge has more employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 4.4 0.0 6 0 0
2023 5.9 5.9 5 0 0
2022 8.0 4.0 6 0 0
2019 1.6 0.8 2 0 0
2017 9.8 4.2 5 9 0
2016 5.0 0.8 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · MI · Brighton

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 119 employers in Brighton, 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 Madsen Machine Company LLC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Country Engineering 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Micro Craft, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greno Industries 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schaendorf Custom Farming 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE A&H Plant NRI 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Municipal 113 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kaltz Excavating 113 FTE
CITY-NEAR MI-BRIGH01 544 FTE
CITY-NEAR BrightonENA 399 FTE
CITY-NEAR MI-BRIGH01-Brighton - MI - Warehouse 382 FTE
CITY-NEAR TGFS 353 FTE
NAT-TCR Terre Haute IN FXFE-TER 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dothan AL FXFE-DOT 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1545 Crossways Blvd 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Snyder Salvage LTD 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rogers Corporation EMS-W 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0617 Denville 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vandalia, OH 113 FTE
NAT-SIZE HCA Houston Healthcare Clearlake - EVS 113 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, 2022, 2019, 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.