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 173 of 328| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamps Pallets Logistics | Grand Rapids | General freight trucking, lo | B | 3.3 |
| DTW-SAFS | Detroit | Other Airport Services | B | 3.3 |
| Meijer | Roseville | Superstores (i.e., food and | C | 3.3 |
| Meijer Store 030 | Jackson | Grocery stores | C | 3.3 |
| Rice Center | Houghton | Mental health centers and cl | C | 3.3 |
| Heritage Corporate | Kalamazoo | Retirement communities, cont | C | 3.3 |
| Michigan CAT - Kalkaska | Kalkaska | Commercial and industrial ma | D | 3.3 |
| SMS Mill Services Dearborn | Dearborn | Metal scrap and waste mercha | D | 3.3 |
| 1000 Houghton | Saginaw | Medical care management serv | C | 3.3 |
| MIA001 | Ann Arbor | Tire Dealers | C | 3.3 |
| NPR Michigan | Grand Haven | Valves, engine, intake and e | B | 3.3 |
| Superior Services RSH, Inc. | Lansing | Low slope roofing installati | C | 3.3 |
| Magna Seating Detroit South | Highland Park | Seats for public conveyances | B | 3.3 |
| County of Marquette - Courthouse Complex | Marquette | County supervisors' and exec | C | 3.3 |
| Grand Blanc | Grand Blanc | Accounting machines merchant | D | 3.3 |
| Hamilton Chevrolet Inc | Warren | Automobile dealers, new only | C | 3.3 |
| TAC Manufacturing Inc. | Jackson | Oil filters, automotive, tru | B | 3.3 |
| Apex Marine, Inc. | Saint Louis | Boats (i.e., suitable or int | C | 3.3 |
| SCSI | Escanaba | Locomotive and rail car repa | B | 3.3 |
| 5020_11570 | Detroit | - | C | 3.3 |
| 254 FAMILY FARE -Gr. Rapids, MI FF, LLC #38-2750461 | Gr. Rapids | Supermarkets and Other Groce | C | 3.3 |
| 1277 - East Lansing Mi Whse | East Lansing | Warehouse clubs (i.e., food | C | 3.3 |
| Hah07-Bfspr-Auburn Hills Crowne Plaza | Auburn Hills | HOSPITALITY | C | 3.3 |
| 530 Westland, Mi | Westland | Family Clothing Stores | C | 3.3 |
| Meijer Store 67 | Monroe | Supermarkets | C | 3.3 |
| Classic | Grand Rapids | Molds for forming materials | C | 3.3 |
| Refrigeration Research, Inc. | Brighton | Vessels, heavy gauge metal, | C | 3.3 |
| Michigan Kenworth - Dearborn | Dearborn | Trucks, road, merchant whole | D | 3.3 |
| 4605_10312 | Coloma | - | B | 3.3 |
| 71302 | Novi | Department Stores | C | 3.3 |
| Aperam Sterling Heights | Sterling Heights | Metals service centers | D | 3.3 |
| Amerhart TC | Williamsburg | Lumber, Plywood, Millwork | D | 3.3 |
| Burns Brothers Popcorn, LLC | Comstock Park | Popcorn, candy covered poppe | B | 3.3 |
| Hussmann Services Corporation - Wixom | Wixom | Commercial refrigeration equ | D | 3.3 |
| AWI Flint Warehouse | Flint | Motor vehicle parts, used, m | D | 3.3 |
| Kenwal Pickling | Dearborn | Depolishing metals and metal | C | 3.3 |
| CG014 - Michigan | Canton | Telecommunications | C | 3.3 |
| CIPA USA Inc. | Port Huron | Automotive mirrors, framed, | B | 3.3 |
| Michigan Kenworth - Saginaw | Saginaw | Trucks, road, merchant whole | D | 3.3 |
| 28_22 | Holland | - | C | 3.3 |
| Marysville | Marysville | Paper Bag and Coated and Tre | C | 3.3 |
| Interior Concepts Corporation | Spring Lake | Bookcases (except wood), off | C | 3.3 |
| PECO | Auburn Hills | Gauges, machinist's precisio | C | 3.3 |
| Lowell Area Schools | Lowell | Elementary and secondary sch | F | 3.3 |
| Midland Pub Sch* | Midland | - | C | 3.3 |
| SLC Recycling Industries | Warren | Recyclable materials (e.g., | D | 3.3 |
| Frenchtown 2 | Monroe | Motor vehicle interior syste | B | 3.3 |
| Hi-Lex Controls (HCIH) | Hudson | Power window and door lock s | B | 3.3 |
| New Center One | Detroit | Medical Center | C | 3.3 |
| MPC Cashway Lumber Company | Lansing | Lumber retailing yards | C | 3.3 |
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.