Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufacturing · Michigan

NEFCO-Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NEFCO-Detroit runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

NEFCO-Detroit: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NEFCO-Detroit safety composite

NEFCO-Detroit scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

NEFCO-Detroit: 3.3 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.63× in 2021

NEFCO-Detroit's TCR rose 6.8 from 3.3 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325311 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO Mears Fertilizer Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mears Fertilizer Inc (0.1 TCR gap)

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NEFCO-Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NEFCO-Detroit averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NEFCO-Detroit TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=10 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=0 · 2021=10.2 · BLS 3.3

Where NEFCO-Detroit falls in its industry

85 Fertilizers, of sewage origin, establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
NEFCO-Detroit (25 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate NEFCO-Detroit
NEFCO-Detroit (25 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4

NEFCO-Detroit has fewer employees than the Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 10.2 3.4 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2017 10.0 10.0 3 0 0
2016 3.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325311 · MI · Detroit

85 Fertilizers, of sewage origin, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 Mears Fertilizer Inc 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Readfield Agronomy 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Culbertson Wholesale Production Plant 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NEFCO-Quincy 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazel Park 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayside Best Beans LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric- Blanchard 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Sedano's Supermarket #28 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill of Colorado Broadway 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR West Des Moines, Ia 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Pendergrass Facility 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Covington Aircraft Radial Division 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anew HomeCare (Alpha Hospice) 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hills #3 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative 25 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: 2021, 2019, 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.