State profile · OSHA ITA
Michigan workplace safety
How 16,393 OSHA-reporting employers across Michigan compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024.
- 16,393
- Employers
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 330,220
- Injuries
- 202
- Fatalities
The state picture
Michigan's reporting employers average 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.0 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
- 5.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 16,393
- employers reporting
- 330,220
- recordable injuries
- 202
- worker fatalities
State average reflects each state's industry mix. Sort the table below by each employer's own grade against its industry benchmark.
23% of Michigan's reporting establishments earn an F and 16% an A, each measured against its own industry benchmark, not the state line. These grades are a transparent derived index, not an official OSHA rating; see the Methodology for the exact formula.
Where Michigan ranks among states
54 states & territories by avg TCRMichigan's average TCR of 5.3 is lower than 47% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
How Michigan Workplaces Compare
Michigan hosts 16,393 employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are not small shops: federal rules require ITA submission from workplaces with 250+ employees in any industry, plus workplaces with 20+ employees in the roughly 60 NAICS codes classified as high-hazard (construction, manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, agriculture, and others). Across this Michigan cohort, workers have logged 330,220 recordable injuries, producing a state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year during 2016–2024.
The state has recorded 202 workplace fatalities in the reporting window, which is tracked separately from non-fatal injury counts because fatal events have their own investigation trail under 29 CFR 1904.39. Reading state-level TCR requires context: the headline figure is driven by a state's industry mix. A state with a heavy construction, logging, or meatpacking footprint will mechanically post higher TCR than a state dominated by finance or professional services, even when individual employers are equally well-managed. That is why the employer table below sorts each establishment by its own TCR and letter grade, against the BLS benchmark for its specific industry, not against the state average.
For jobseekers, relocators, investors, and local safety professionals, state-level pages function as an entry point: use the grade-sorted list to spot the safest and highest-risk employers in Michigan, then click through to an individual establishment for its year-by-year injury, illness, DART, and fatality trajectory. Compare multiple years before drawing conclusions, a single outlier year can reflect a specific event, whereas a sustained pattern across reporting cycles is a more reliable risk signal. All data comes directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries. State OSHA plans in 22 states operate their own enforcement programs in parallel, but the injury data above is harmonized through the federal ITA system.
Employers in Michigan, by injury rate
Page 154 of 328| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASF Toda America, Inc (BTA) | Battle Creek | Nickel compounds, not specif | C | 3.9 |
| West Michigan Janitorial | Comstock Park | Building cleaning services, | C | 3.9 |
| Coldwater Store | Coldwater | Thrift Shop | C | 3.9 |
| Brownstown Complex | Romulus | Motor Vehicle Supplies and N | D | 3.9 |
| Leppinks Howard City | Howard City | Supermarkets | C | 3.9 |
| Hibshman Screw Machine Products, Inc. | Union | Precision turned product man | C | 3.9 |
| Sandusky MI | Sandusky | Farm Supplies Merchant Whole | D | 3.9 |
| Regency at Fremont | Fremont | Nursing Care Facilities Skil | B | 3.9 |
| The Stow Company Holland Inc | Holland | Shelving (except wire) manuf | C | 3.9 |
| Arrowaste, Inc. | Jenison | Garbage collection services | D | 3.9 |
| Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Hospital Medicine Livonia | Livonia | General medical and surgical | B | 3.9 |
| Spring Lake Country Club | Spring Lake | Golf and country clubs | D | 3.9 |
| Store 0273 | Greenville | General Merchandise Stores | C | 3.9 |
| Crossover @ Brownstown | Brownstown | Clinics/centers of health pr | C | 3.9 |
| 5844 | Livonia | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.9 |
| MI-LANSI01-Lansing - MI - Sales | Lansing | - | D | 3.9 |
| Napa Detroit Distribution Center | Romulus | Auto salvage yards (i.e., re | C | 3.9 |
| Superior Buick GMC | Dearborn | Automobile dealers, new only | C | 3.9 |
| Knape and Vogt Oak | Grand Rapids | Furniture hardware, metal, m | C | 3.9 |
| Rauhorn Electric, Inc. | Romeo | Utility line (i.e., communic | D | 3.9 |
| MI 5855 Interface Drive | Ann Arbor | - | F | 3.9 |
| Saginaw (Misag) | Saginaw | Courier Services Except by A | B | 3.9 |
| Pinehurst Early Elementary | Mt Morris | Elementary schools | F | 3.9 |
| Seamans Air Conditioning Refrigeration Inc | Grand Rapids | Plumbing Heating and Air Con | D | 3.9 |
| Viking Corp Hastings | Hastings | Sprinkler systems, automatic | C | 3.9 |
| Chateau Grand Traverse | Traverse City | Wineries | C | 3.9 |
| Wings Event Center | Kalamazoo | Theme parks, amusement | D | 3.9 |
| 0146 Lowe S of Jackson Mi | Jackson | Homecenter | C | 3.9 |
| H & H Tool | Lapeer | Engines and parts (except di | B | 3.9 |
| Chad's Landscaping | Waterford | Snow plowing services combin | C | 3.9 |
| Araymond North America LLC | Rochester Hills | Motor vehicle moldings and e | C | 3.9 |
| Dreams Logistics LLC | Hazel Park | Express delivery services (e | B | 3.9 |
| 2807-2532 | Big Rapids | Homecenter | C | 3.9 |
| 1836 | Adrian | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.9 |
| 018-00481 | Orchard Lake | Retail grocery not including | C | 3.9 |
| Elmer's Crane and Dozer, Inc. | Traverse City | Parkway construction | D | 3.9 |
| Macomb Community College | Warren | Cafeteria food services cont | D | 3.9 |
| Brighton Staffing | Brighton | Skilled nursing facilities | B | 3.9 |
| Michigan's Adventure | Muskegon | Amusement parks (e.g., theme | D | 3.9 |
| Wixom | Wixom | All Other Miscellaneous Gene | C | 3.9 |
| 725 - Lansing | Lansing | Industrial Launderers | D | 3.9 |
| Oak Press Solutions Inc. | Sturgis | Presses (e.g., bending, punc | C | 3.9 |
| Stathakis, Inc. | Farmington Hills | Cleaning offices | C | 3.9 |
| MARQUETTE_1371940 | Marquette | Mail and Parcel Delivery | C | 3.9 |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland | Pontiac | Food Service Contractors | D | 3.9 |
| Plant | Kentwood | Seafood Product Preparation | C | 3.9 |
| 252495-Michigan 1 District | Detroit | Mail and Parcel Delivery | C | 3.9 |
| Douglas Marine Corporation | Douglas | Motorboat, inboard or outboa | C | 3.9 |
| Meijer Store 217 | Holland | Superstores (i.e., food and | C | 3.9 |
| Meijer Inc. | Rochester Hills | Supermarkets | C | 3.9 |
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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What Michigan's safety record means for you
Michigan averages a TCR of 5.3 - about 2.0× the ~2.7 national private-sector norm. A state average hides wide employer-by-employer variation.
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State averages use the credible-subset mean across reporting establishments; they are statistical summaries, not regulatory assessments.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.