Engineering research and development laboratories or services · Michigan

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture)

Troy, MI · ~311 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Engineering research and development laboratories or services workplace, earning a grade B.

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture): 0.3 TCR = 60% of Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) safety composite

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) held a steady TCR band

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture)'s TCR held near 0.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 0.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.6 · 2020=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Troy, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 0.3 · 60% of ind

  • DART 0.3 DART
  • RANK #5/19
  • PHOTO Electric Power Resea…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~311 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Electric Power Research Institute Knoxville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) averages 0.3 TCR (60% of the Engineering research and development laboratories or services BLS benchmark).

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

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.3 · 2018=0.6 · 2020=0.3 · BLS 0.5

Where Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) falls in its industry

319 Engineering research and devel establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 19 Engineering research and devel employers in Michigan.

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) (311 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture)
Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) (311 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Troy - Research, Test and Development (We do not manufacture) has more employees than the Engineering research and development lab median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
2018 0.6 0.3 2 0 0
2017 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MI · Troy

319 Engineering research and development laboratories or services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 237 employers in Troy, 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 Electric Power Research Institute Knoxville 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis Technology Center 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PESYSTEMS-OH 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westlake, OH, USA 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Northgate 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meijer 229 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1771 311 FTE
STATE-SIZE MAHLE Behr USA 311 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-309 5,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Troy - Maple Road 1,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Headquarters 1,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR Troy - Maple Road 1,361 FTE
NAT-TCR Supply Chain Operations Distribution Center / Transformer Shop 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hf Group LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Seaonus Cold Storage LLC 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BP Texas City Chemicals 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE BLS Trucking 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruffalo Noel Levitz (Corporate Office) 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE BIG - Corp Total - MCD, GA 311 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buick Resource Recycling Facility 311 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, 2018, 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.