Aquariums · Michigan
SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium
Auburn Hills, MI · ~67 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Aquariums workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.1 industry benchmark.
Where SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium falls in its industry
177 Aquariums establishmentsSafer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Aquariums employers in Michigan.
SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium has an average TCR of 2.8, which is 89% of the industry average (3.1) for Aquariums. This is better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium
Between 2016 and 2019, SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium's Total Case Rate improved from 3.0 to 2.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 18% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2019, at a TCR of 2.5, while 2016 saw the highest rate, at 3.0, a spread of 0.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium recorded 1 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 712130 - Aquariums.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 81,000 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium (this establishment) | 2.75 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Zoos industry avg | 3.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 712130 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Aquariums peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 89% of the Aquariums benchmark, SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Aquariums sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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