STATE GOVERNMENT · Michigan

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr

Chelsea, MI · ~24 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical STATE GOVERNMENT workplace, earning a grade F.

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr: 7.8 TCR = 252% of STATE GOVERNMENT BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr safety composite

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr: 6.0 → 10.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 23.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr's TCR rose 3.9 from 6.0 in 2016 to 10.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 23.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712190 · Chelsea, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 252% of ind

  • DART 10.0 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO Parks & Recreation
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Parks & Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr averages 7.8 TCR (252% of the STATE GOVERNMENT BLS benchmark).

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

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=12 · 2023=23.3 · 2024=10 · BLS 3.1

Where Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr falls in its industry

126 STATE GOVERNMENT establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

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 15 STATE GOVERNMENT employers in Michigan.

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr (24 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr
Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr (24 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Waterloo St Rcrtn Area - Dnr has fewer employees than the STATE GOVERNMENT median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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 10.0 10.0 1 1 0
2023 23.3 5.8 3 1 0
2022 12.0 12.0 2 0 0
2021 11.2 11.2 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712190 · MI · Chelsea

126 STATE GOVERNMENT employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 27 employers in Chelsea, 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 Parks & Recreation 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LUDINGTON STATE PARK - DNR 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three Rivers Park District 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Park Distrit of Highland Park 636 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medina Dairy, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sturgis 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE CE Innovation Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Filtration and Meter Shop 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital 1,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Chelsea Proving Grounds 636 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Methodist Retirement Communities 411 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheridan Books, Inc. 329 FTE
NAT-TCR Glencoe Golf Club 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - FSD1 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lutheran Life - Pleasant View 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ERMCO 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Finishing Technology Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5235 Jacksonville 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 5241 Benton 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE TMX2203 24 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, 2017, 2016. 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.