Distribution of natural gas · Michigan

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles

Niles, MI · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade C.

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles: 1.2 TCR = 101% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles safety composite

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

Rising injury rate

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.85× in 2024

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Niles, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.2 · 101% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #9/32
  • PHOTO 206-NiSource-Frederi…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce (0.0 TCR gap)

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SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles averages 1.2 TCR (101% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles TCR series: 2017=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 1.2

Where SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 80% 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 #9 safest of 32 Distribution of natural gas employers in Michigan.

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles (35 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles
SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles (35 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas 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 4.5 2.2 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · MI · Niles

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, 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 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 222-NiSource-Ashland KY-Service Cent 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spartanburg Resource Center PNG 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NG Aurora Fleet Facility 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harbor Farmz, North LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willow Point Dairy 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR Little River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Recoveron Inc 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Duke Aerial Inc 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 067/Tampa 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bertetta Tanklines, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primetals Technologies-Huger 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bonitz of Georgia 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Floralife 35 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, 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.