Elementary schools · Michigan

Ottawa Elementary

Buchanan, MI · ~28 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottawa Elementary runs at 330% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Elementary schools workplace, earning a grade F.

Ottawa Elementary: 4.6 TCR = 330% of Elementary schools BLS 1.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottawa Elementary safety composite

Ottawa Elementary scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ottawa Elementary: 0.0 → 13.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Ottawa Elementary's TCR rose 13.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 13.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Buchanan, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 330% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #91/142
  • PHOTO J.W. SMITH ELEMENTARY
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.W. SMITH ELEMENTARY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottawa Elementary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottawa Elementary averages 4.6 TCR (330% of the Elementary schools BLS benchmark).

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

Ottawa Elementary TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=13.3 · BLS 1.4

Where Ottawa Elementary falls in its industry

3,374 Elementary schools establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 142 Elementary schools employers in Michigan.

Ottawa Elementary (28 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ottawa Elementary
Ottawa Elementary (28 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ottawa Elementary has fewer employees than the Elementary schools median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2019 13.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · MI · Buchanan

3,374 Elementary schools employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 16 employers in Buchanan, 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 J.W. SMITH ELEMENTARY 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Center Road School 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Michael-Albertville Middle School East 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ruth Chaffee School 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hamlin Farms 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crossroads Dairy 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse Assembly DBA Grand Traverse Pallet 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zeeland Generation 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fapco inc 228 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1467 RXO EXPRESS, LLC-1467 146 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buchanan High School 64 FTE
NAT-TCR OmniSource - Greenville 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Molding 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Woodworking, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 4270 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hamlin ICF 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parker Majestic 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE IPG Chicopee 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stribling Equipment - Little Rock 28 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: 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.