Apparel stores, used clothing · Michigan

Southgate

Southgate, MI · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southgate runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Apparel stores, used clothing workplace, earning a grade F.

Southgate: 9.0 TCR = 264% of Apparel stores, used clothing BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southgate safety composite

Southgate scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−6.3

2017→2020

Southgate injury rate improved

Southgate's TCR fell 6.3 from 14.2 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.2 · 2018=13.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Southgate, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 264% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #43/58
  • PHOTO Colfax Store
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colfax Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southgate in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southgate averages 9.0 TCR (264% of the Apparel stores, used clothing BLS benchmark).

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

Southgate TCR series: 2017=14.2 · 2018=13.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Southgate falls in its industry

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 58 Apparel stores, used clothing employers in Michigan.

Southgate (29 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southgate
Southgate (29 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Southgate has fewer employees than the Apparel stores, used clothing median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2020 7.9 7.9 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 13.9 13.9 3 1 0
2017 14.2 10.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · MI · Southgate

1,556 Apparel stores, used clothing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Southgate, 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 Colfax Store 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR America's Thrift Store #8 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Bend Ave South Bend IN Store 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARC SE Michigan Store # 05 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR AJM Packaging - Southgate 569 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Guidance Center 540 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5842 369 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5842 349 FTE
NAT-TCR Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation at Frisco 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2573 - Western New England 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GCI:GCCON - GCCON-Concord, NC 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Immunotek BioCenters, LLC - Ft. Pierce, FL 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 14th St. Des Moines IA Thrift Store 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roselle IL Store 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Office Furniture + Related Services 29 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.