Automobile proving and testing grounds · Michigan

Milford Proving Ground

Milford, MI · ~4,911 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Milford Proving Ground runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automobile proving and testing grounds workplace, earning a grade C.

Milford Proving Ground: 0.4 TCR = 82% of Automobile proving and testing grounds BLS 0.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Milford Proving Ground safety composite

Milford Proving Ground scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

Milford Proving Ground injury rate improved

Milford Proving Ground's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541380 · Milford, MI AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 0.4 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK #15/31
  • PHOTO HERZOG SERVICES INC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 153 inj
  • SIZE ~4,911 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HERZOG SERVICES INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Milford Proving Ground in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Milford Proving Ground averages 0.4 TCR (82% of the Automobile proving and testing grounds BLS benchmark).

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

Milford Proving Ground TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=0.5 · 2020=0.3 · 2021=0.3 · 2022=0.3 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 0.5

Where Milford Proving Ground falls in its industry

232 Automobile proving and testing establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 31 Automobile proving and testing employers in Michigan.

Milford Proving Ground (4,911 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0 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 02,0004,0006,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Milford Proving Ground
Milford Proving Ground (4,911 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 81 employees and a TCR of 1.0

Milford Proving Ground has more employees than the Automobile proving and testing grounds median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.0. 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 0.3 0.1 13 0 0
2023 0.4 0.2 16 1 0
2022 0.3 0.2 11 1 0
2021 0.3 0.2 12 0 0
2020 0.3 0.2 12 1 0
2018 0.5 0.2 29 0 0
2017 0.6 0.3 25 5 0
2016 0.7 0.4 35 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541380 · MI · Milford

232 Automobile proving and testing grounds employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 29 employers in Milford, 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 HERZOG SERVICES INC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battle Creek WKKI Pilot Plant and Corporate Office 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADVANCED ENGINEERING CENTER 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRW Vehicle Safety Systems-Wash02 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dearborn Truck Plant 5,037 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allegiance Health 4,779 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Assembly Complex Jefferson 4,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00526 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kensington Metropark 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Merlo Construction Company, Inc. 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Hickory Haven 109 FTE
NAT-TCR 1018 - HES New Iberia ICC 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR California Department of Transportation Facility 269 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ALTIVIA Oxide Chemicals, LLC 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - PVD 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medix Staffing Solutions 4,908 FTE
NAT-SIZE AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Commercial Field-Based Personnel) 4,907 FTE
NAT-SIZE Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center 4,906 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.