Street construction · Michigan

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation

Grand Rapids, MI · ~74 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation runs at 550% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Street construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation: 15.4 TCR = 550% of Street construction BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation safety composite

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−11.3

2020→2024

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation injury rate improved

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation's TCR fell 11.3 from 19.2 in 2020 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 19.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=19.2 · 2021=16.5 · 2022=19.4 · 2023=13.9 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 550% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #130/139
  • PHOTO D1 Gurnee Yard
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: D1 Gurnee Yard (0.0 TCR gap)

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Public Works-Streets and Sanitation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Public Works-Streets and Sanitation averages 15.4 TCR (550% of the Street construction BLS benchmark).

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

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation TCR series: 2020=19.2 · 2021=16.5 · 2022=19.4 · 2023=13.9 · 2024=8 · BLS 2.8

Where Public Works-Streets and Sanitation falls in its industry

4,078 Street construction establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 139 Street construction employers in Michigan.

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation (74 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Public Works-Streets and Sanitation
Public Works-Streets and Sanitation (74 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Public Works-Streets and Sanitation has more employees than the Street construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 8.0 8.0 6 0 0
2023 13.9 11.1 10 0 0
2022 19.4 19.4 13 0 0
2021 16.5 16.5 10 0 0
2020 19.2 14.4 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · MI · Grand Rapids

4,078 Street construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 D1 Gurnee Yard 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR D8 Troy Yard 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR HHC Winfield 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FS Contractors, Inc. 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adrian SC 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Grand Rapids-Environmental Protection Services Division 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Detroit Office 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Region 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0618 Philadelphia 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora Health and Rehab 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Pine River 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Winnetka Fire Department 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circuit Breaker Sales NE, LLC 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Independence Manor Care Center 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Manor of Marion County, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC 44 - Bakersfield 74 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. 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.