Used merchandise stores · Michigan

Portage MI Thrift Store

Name: Portage MI Thrift Store Workplace Safety Data
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Portage, MI · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Portage MI Thrift Store runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Portage MI Thrift Store: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Portage MI Thrift Store safety composite

Portage MI Thrift Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

−3.8

2016→2019

Portage MI Thrift Store injury rate improved

Portage MI Thrift Store's TCR fell 3.8 from 5.1 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Portage, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #1/58
PHOTO Paintsville Store
BOOK 4y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paintsville Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paintsville St

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Plaza

1.6
31 - Lumberton

1.6
Puyallup WA DI

1.6

What this shows Portage MI Thrift Store averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

Portage MI Thrift Store TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Portage MI Thrift Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 58 Used merchandise stores employers in Michigan.

Portage MI Thrift Store (27 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Portage MI Thrift Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2019	1.3	1.3	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	5.1	5.1	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · MI · Portage

1,556 Used merchandise stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 136 employers in Portage, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Paintsville Store	PAINTSVILLE, KY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plaza	ANNANDALE, VA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	31 - Lumberton	LUMBERTON, TX	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Puyallup WA DI	PUYALLUP, WA	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC	ALLEGAN	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	K Drive Greenhouse Co	EAST LEROY	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO)	BYRON CENTER	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Luurtsema Sales Inc.	JENISON	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Instruments - 1941	Portage	2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Medical	Portage	2,059 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summit Polymers, Inc.	Portage	1,619 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stryker Corporation Shared Services	Portage	768 FTE
NAT-TCR	Orla, TX (Enterprise)	Orla, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	W&D Navis, Inc.	Waupun, WI	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	BASF Corporation	Kankakee, IL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0025 3092	Wailuku, HI	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	4300 Windfern Drive Suite 400 Houston TX	Houston, TX	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Altanta Glass and Mirror - Newnan	Newnan, GA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dallas Synnex	Richardson, TX	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Terminix Service, Inc. Summerville 62- 16	Summerville, SC	27 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.

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