Packing materials merchant wholesalers · Michigan
Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)
Farmington Hills, MI · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) runs at 103% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Packing materials merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.
Where Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) falls in its industry
796 Packing materials merchant who establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Packing materials merchant who employers in Michigan.
Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) has an average TCR of 2.3, which is 103% of the industry average (2.2) for Packing materials merchant wholesalers. This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)
Between 2019 and 2020, Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)'s Total Case Rate improved from 4.5 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 100% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 4.5, a spread of 4.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) recorded 2 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 423840 - Packing materials merchant wholesalers.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 76,800 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) (this establishment) | 2.27 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| 5085 industry avg | 2.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 423840 |
| Michigan state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9)'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Packing materials merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 103% of the Packing materials merchant wholesalers benchmark, Zatkoff Seals - Farmington Hills (Branches 1 & 9) reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Packing materials merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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