Water treatment and distribution · Michigan
Water Lake Plant
West Olive, MI · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 1.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Water Lake Plant runs at 533% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.
Water Lake Plant: 6.4 TCR = 533% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Water Lake Plant safety composite
Water Lake Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Water Lake Plant: 11.2 → 15.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 15.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.77× in 2024
Water Lake Plant's TCR rose 3.9 from 11.2 in 2019 to 15.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 221310 · West Olive, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 533% of ind
- DART 11.3 DART
- RANK #16/26
- PHOTO City of Albany-Publi…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Albany-Public Works Operations/WRF (0.0 TCR gap)
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Water Lake Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Water Lake Plant
6.4 TCR
- City of Albany
City of Albany-Public Works Operations/WRF
6.4 TCR
- Moss Point MS
Moss Point MS
6.4 TCR
- Wheaton Sanita
Wheaton Sanitary District
6.4 TCR
- West Haven Was
West Haven Waste Water Treatment
6.4 TCR
What this shows Water Lake Plant averages 6.4 TCR (533% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).
Water Lake Plant TCR series: 2019=11.2 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=15.1 · BLS 1.2
Where Water Lake Plant falls in its industry
727 Water treatment and distributi establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 26 Water treatment and distributi employers in Michigan.
Water Lake Plant has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 15.1 | 11.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
221310 · MI · West Olive
727 Water treatment and distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 9 employers in West Olive, 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 | City of Albany-Public Works Operations/WRF | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Moss Point MS | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wheaton Sanitary District | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | West Haven Waste Water Treatment | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kitchen Farms, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Revolution Farms | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TES Filer City Station | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | United Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant Project | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ottawa County | 1,011 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ottawa County - West Olive Campus | 504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JH Campbell Annex | 172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JH Campbell 1&2 | 170 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bartlett Repro | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Alpine Plumbing, Inc | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haviland Drainage Products | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Excavation, Inc | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Madison Turf Farms | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oldcastle APG - Powderly L&G | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oldcastle APG - Dallas L&G | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dupuy Storage Houston, LLC | 30 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.