General services departments, government · Michigan

Village of Birch Run

Birch Run, MI · ~20 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Village of Birch Run runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade A.

Village of Birch Run: 0.8 TCR = 24% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Village of Birch Run safety composite

Village of Birch Run scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Village of Birch Run held a steady TCR band

Village of Birch Run's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Birch Run, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/57
  • PHOTO Rowan County Public …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rowan County Public Health Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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Village of Birch Run in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Village of Birch Run averages 0.8 TCR (24% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

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

Village of Birch Run TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Village of Birch Run falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 57 General services departments, employers in Michigan.

Village of Birch Run (20 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Village of Birch Run
Village of Birch Run (20 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Village of Birch Run has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · MI · Birch Run

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in Birch Run, 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 Rowan County Public Health Department 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Center 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Hall 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCFC Admin Building 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tholrund Brothers 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Indeck Niles Energy Center 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michigan Solar Solutions West 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE WTB Tuscola Bay Wind Plant 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR 213 - Birch Run Twp 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gas Construction Northeast 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holland - BR 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR BR BIRCH RUN 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Port Westward 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 240-Orange County/Riverside 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Boc Hq 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Southco, inc. - Concordville 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ormson's Foods of Glenwood City, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE HVACR Service Contractors, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sidney HMA Plant 721 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Russell Products Home 20 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, 2019, 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.