Academies, college or university · Michigan

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Kalamazoo, MI · ~765 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine runs at 396% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine: 5.5 TCR = 396% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine safety composite

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine held a steady TCR band

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.5 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2018=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 396% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Minnesota State Univ…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 61 inj
  • SIZE ~765 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minnesota State University, Mankato (0.2 TCR gap)

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Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine averages 5.5 TCR (396% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

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

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2018=5.6 · BLS 1.4

Where Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Academies, college or universi employers in Michigan.

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (765 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (765 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2018 5.6 0.0 35 3 0
2016 5.5 0.2 26 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · MI · Kalamazoo

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 Minnesota State University, Mankato 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wyoming State Veterinary Lab 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lyon College 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR William Woods University 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Southview 764 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stryker Corporation Shared Services 768 FTE
STATE-SIZE DETROIT NDC_1360762 761 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hollingsworth Corporate Office: Warren Ave. 761 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites Downtown 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR NY-Conn 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Geeleher Enterprises, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wausau- 09 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE NM-Albuquerque Menaul Call Center 765 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nucor Steel-Indiana 765 FTE
NAT-SIZE SRK Tennessee 765 FTE
NAT-SIZE GUNDERSON 765 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: 2018, 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.