Highway Street and Bridge Construction · Michigan

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County

Kalamazoo, MI · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County runs at 565% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Highway Street and Bridge Construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: 15.8 TCR = 565% of Highway Street and Bridge Construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County safety composite

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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

−0.4

2016→2023

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County injury rate improved

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County's TCR fell 0.4 from 17.5 in 2016 to 17.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.5 · 2017=12.8 · 2023=17.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.8 · 565% of ind

  • DART 12.0 DART
  • RANK #131/139
  • PHOTO Highway Department
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Highway Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Road Commission of Kalamazoo County in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Road Commission of Kalamazoo County averages 15.8 TCR (565% of the Highway Street and Bridge Construction BLS benchmark).

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

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County TCR series: 2016=17.5 · 2017=12.8 · 2023=17.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Road Commission of Kalamazoo County falls in its industry

4,078 Highway Street and Bridge Cons 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 #131 safest of 139 Highway Street and Bridge Cons employers in Michigan.

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County (46 employees, TCR 15.8) 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 Road Commission of Kalamazoo County
Road Commission of Kalamazoo County (46 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Road Commission of Kalamazoo County has fewer employees than the Highway Street and Bridge 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
2023 17.1 12.0 10 0 0
2017 12.8 12.8 6 0 0
2016 17.5 10.9 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · MI · Kalamazoo

4,078 Highway Street and Bridge Construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Highway Department 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Riverside Public Works Street Maintenance 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Michigan City - Central Services - Street/Vector 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR D8 Belleville Yard 15.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fresh Solution Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBA FALKNER FARMS 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE ROB MAINTENANCE 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE EDL Energy 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Hotel Monaco 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tremont Ridge 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Firefox, Inc. 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100622 15.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zuber Farms LLC 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coqui Net 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lucasville Service Center 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Services - Williamson 46 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: 2023, 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.