Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) · Michigan

Niles Charter Township

Niles, MI · ~41 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Niles Charter Township runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) workplace, earning a grade D.

Niles Charter Township: 6.1 TCR = 190% of Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niles Charter Township safety composite

Niles Charter Township scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.9

2016→2017

Niles Charter Township injury rate improved

Niles Charter Township's TCR fell 5.9 from 9.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.0 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2017=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921120 · Niles, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 190% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO City Of Trimont
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City Of Trimont (0.0 TCR gap)

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Niles Charter Township in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Niles Charter Township averages 6.1 TCR (190% of the Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) BLS benchmark).

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

Niles Charter Township TCR series: 2016=9 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Niles Charter Township falls in its industry

158 Legislative bodies (e.g., fede establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Legislative bodies (e.g., fede employers in Michigan.

Niles Charter Township (41 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Niles Charter Township
Niles Charter Township (41 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 123 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Niles Charter Township has fewer employees than the Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2017 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 9.0 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921120 · MI · Niles

158 Legislative bodies (e.g., federal, local, and state) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, 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 City Of Trimont 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Salisbury 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Municipal Center 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otsego 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Service Center 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zolman Restoration, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nugent Builders, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR 83 Schofield Paintline - Production Facility 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PT610 - Pleasantville NJ Core 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Saddle Brook (Njsad) 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paducah (Kypad) 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE N and R of Fayette Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of East Prairie Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Advance Inc 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3853 Wheel Fix IT 41 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: 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.