Temporary employment services · Michigan

Populus Group

Troy, MI · ~162 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Populus Group runs at 6% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Temporary employment services workplace, earning a grade A.

Populus Group: 0.1 TCR = 6% of Temporary employment services BLS 2.6 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Populus Group safety composite

Populus Group scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Populus Group held a steady TCR band

Populus Group's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561320 · Troy, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 6% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO LocumTenens.com
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~162 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LocumTenens.com (0.0 TCR gap)

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Populus Group in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Populus Group averages 0.1 TCR (6% of the Temporary employment services BLS benchmark).

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

Populus Group TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where Populus Group falls in its industry

652 Temporary employment services establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Temporary employment services employers in Michigan.

Populus Group (162 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Populus Group
Populus Group (162 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 197 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Populus Group has fewer employees than the Temporary employment services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2018 0.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561320 · MI · Troy

652 Temporary employment services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 237 employers in Troy, 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 LocumTenens.com 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kforce Inc. 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tradesmen International Harrisburg 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR EverStaff - Akron 0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dykhuis Farms 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zingerman's Bakehouse, Inc. 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE GRANDVILLE, MI 162 FTE
STATE-SIZE CorrChoice-Mason (Michigan Packaging) 162 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-309 5,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Troy - Maple Road 1,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headquarters 1,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Troy - Maple Road 1,361 FTE
NAT-TCR M.I.V 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TSS at Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SLSCO 0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Prinsco, Inc. - Willmar 0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sequoias San Francisco 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Drywall, LLC. 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Lorenzo Plant 162 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insp LLC 162 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.