TCR, interpreted
Far above average
5.3 avg TCR
State profile · OSHA ITA
How 16,393 OSHA-reporting employers across Michigan compare on workplace injuries, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 14,419 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology).
TCR, interpreted
Far above average
5.3 avg TCR
Michigan vs all states by OSHA-reporting employer count
Where this state's ITA establishment inventory sits among every tracked state and territory (coverage signal, not a safety ranking)
16,393 9th of 54 higher than 45 of 54 states
States and territories, banded by OSHA ITA reporting employer count
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Source official public datasets · 2026
The state picture
Michigan's 14,419 rated reporting employers average 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 2.0 times the ~2.7 all-industry private-sector norm.
Inventory counts and injury/fatality totals cover all 16,393 ITA establishments; the average TCR excludes zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings. See Methodology → Three Populations.
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.
Michigan's average TCR of 5.3 is lower than 47% of states, a state average reflects industry mix as much as workplace safety.
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. The published state average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 5.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers uses the 14,419 establishments with a credible rate (zero-rate and corrupt-hours filings stay in the inventory counts above but are excluded from the average, see methodology).
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.
| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. W. Holdings, Inc | Grand Rapids | Welding equipment manufactur | C | 3.1 |
| Michigan Cat Brownstown | Brownstown | Construction machinery and e | D | 3.1 |
| 296 - Auburn Hills | Lake Orion | - | C | 3.1 |
| Southfield Home Care | Southfield | Hospice care services, in ho | B | 3.1 |
| Unit # 1623 | Novi | Retail | C | 3.1 |
| Aati P2 | Oxford | Injection molding machinery | C | 3.1 |
| Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. | Kalamazoo | Low voltage electrical work | C | 3.1 |
| Leppinks Newaygo | Newaygo | Supermarkets | C | 3.1 |
| Nachi Robotics Systems Inc. | Novi | Industrial machinery and equ | D | 3.1 |
| Shinola, Detroit LLC | Detroit | Movements, watch or clock, m | C | 3.1 |
| EW Grobbel | Detroit | Corned meats made from purch | C | 3.1 |
| MI068 Milan Container | Milan | - | C | 3.1 |
| Bayloff Stamped Products | Belleville | Job stampings, automotive, m | B | 3.1 |
| Intertape Polymer Group | Marysville | Paper Bag and Coated and Tre | C | 3.1 |
| Van Haren Electric Inc. | Byron Center | Low voltage electrical work | C | 3.1 |
| City of Dearborn Heights | Dearborn Heights | Government | C | 3.1 |
| McConnell & Scully, Inc. | Homer | Servicing oil and gas wells | D | 3.1 |
| Hamilton Engineering--Autry St | Livonia | Boilers, heating, manufactur | C | 3.1 |
| Revolution Farms | Caledonia | Hydroponic crop farming | B | 3.1 |
| Kroll International, LLC | Clinton Twp | General merchandise, durable | D | 3.1 |
| 628 - Troy | Troy | Department stores | C | 3.1 |
| Pontiac Automation & Assembly (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 8) | Pontiac | Job stampings, automotive, m | B | 3.1 |
| Nucraft Furniture | Comstock Park | Tables, wood, office-type, m | C | 3.1 |
| Manchester Industries Mendon | Mendon | All other converted paper pr | C | 3.1 |
| Request Foods Inc. | Holland | Frozen food entrees (except | C | 3.1 |
| BLDI | Grand Rapids | Environmental remediation se | C | 3.1 |
| R Betker & Associates Inc | Benton Harbor | Warehouse construction (e.g. | C | 3.1 |
| Wm 1542 | Gaylord | Warehouse Clubs and Supercen | C | 3.1 |
| Hilbrands Landscape Management | Ada | Seasonal property maintenanc | B | 3.1 |
| Domico Med-Device | Fenton | Forceps, surgical, manufactu | C | 3.1 |
| Trinity Health IHA Medical Group Academic Family Med Brighton | Brighton | General medical and surgical | A | 3.1 |
| Formsprag Clutch | Warren | Pulleys, power transmission, | C | 3.1 |
| 213 - Madison East | Madison | - | C | 3.1 |
| Wyoming Manufacturing Facility | Wyoming | Nuts, kernels and seeds, roa | B | 3.1 |
| Drury Inn & Suites - Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids | Hotels (except casino hotels | C | 3.1 |
| ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Port City Plant | Muskegon | Handles (e.g., brush, tool, | C | 3.1 |
| 6153 | Livonia | Automotive Parts and Accesso | C | 3.1 |
| Rizzo Packaging, Inc. | Plainwell | Paper products (except offic | C | 3.1 |
| Comau Autotech | Novi | Cutting dies, metalworking, | C | 3.1 |
| Mattawan N. Main Facility | Mattawan | Motor vehicle moldings and e | C | 3.1 |
| Sault Tribal Health Center | Sault Ste. Marie | Children's hospitals, genera | A | 3.1 |
| kentwood | Kentwood | Architectural wall panels, p | C | 3.1 |
| 21256 - TB - Birch Run | Houghton Lake | Fast-food restaurants | C | 3.1 |
| MIK030 | Battle Creek | Tire Dealers | C | 3.1 |
| Jackson Facility | Jackson | General-line industrial supp | D | 3.1 |
| Tempcor | Wixom | Automotive safety inspection | D | 3.1 |
| 174 - Mason | Mason | Retail | C | 3.1 |
| 2716 W Flint | Flint | Home Centers | C | 3.1 |
| Endeavor Air, Inc. - DTW Flight Operations and Inflight Base | Romulus | Scheduled air passenger tran | B | 3.1 |
| 10969 | Frankenmuth | Senior Living | C | 3.1 |
Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Michigan: nearest states and territories by rated-subset average Total Case Rate and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer list above.
Nearest states by rated-subset Total Case Rate (5.3 here).
Nearest states by reporting employer count (16,393 here).
Look up a Michigan employer → · Compare all states → · How TCR is measured →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.