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 231 of 328| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Plyforms | Grand Rapids | Hardwood veneer or plywood m | B | 1.8 |
| 25320384 Taylor, Mi | Taylor | Warehouse Club and Supercent | B | 1.8 |
| 0562 Lowe S of Saginaw Mi | Saginaw | Homecenter | B | 1.8 |
| Wolverine Fireprotection Co. | Mt. Morris | Fire sprinkler system instal | B | 1.8 |
| Belanger Inc. | Northville | Floor sanding, washing, and | B | 1.8 |
| City of St. Clair Shores City Hall | St. Clair Shores | City and town managers' offi | B | 1.8 |
| Alta Equipment Company Saginaw | Saginaw | Forklift repair and maintena | C | 1.8 |
| Haviland Consumer Products, Inc. (North) | Walker | Tint and dye preparations, h | B | 1.8 |
| ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Olthoff Plant | Muskegon | Handles (e.g., brush, tool, | B | 1.8 |
| Innovative Cleaning Equipment, Inc. | Grand Rapids | Sprayers, manual pump, gener | B | 1.8 |
| DC-90 | Grand Rapids | General warehousing and stor | A | 1.8 |
| MIHPADM01 | Troy | HEALTH CARE | F | 1.8 |
| Commercial Contractors, Inc. | Grand Haven | Commercial building construc | B | 1.8 |
| 01 Metro West | Livonia | Exterminating services | A | 1.8 |
| Purem by Eberspaecher North America - Wixom | Wixom | Exhaust systems and parts, a | A | 1.8 |
| RNA Michigan Holdings LLC | Ann Arbor | Building cleaning services, | A | 1.8 |
| 61st District Court | Grand Rapids | City or county courts | B | 1.8 |
| ZFS Ithaca, LLC | Ithaca | Soybean oil, crude, manufact | B | 1.8 |
| Airport Warehouse | Lansing | Job training, vocational reh | A | 1.8 |
| Henry Ford HFO Clinton Township | Clinton Township | Community health centers and | A | 1.8 |
| Hamilton Nursing Home | Detroit | Skilled nursing facilities | A | 1.8 |
| Total Plastics International - Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids | Plastics basic shapes (e.g., | C | 1.8 |
| 0684 Lowe S of Warren Mi | Warren | Homecenter | B | 1.8 |
| River Rouge_1437936 | River Rouge | Mail and Parcel Delivery | A | 1.8 |
| Henkels & McCoy, Inc - Plymouth, MI | Plymouth | Telephone line construction | B | 1.8 |
| DMC Childrens Hosp of MI | Detroit | - | A | 1.8 |
| DreamFields Michigan, LLC | Troy | Grinding and milling botanic | B | 1.8 |
| Auburn Hills, Michigan | Auburn Hills | Overhead conveyors manufactu | B | 1.8 |
| Dow Event Center | Saginaw | Arena operators | B | 1.8 |
| 228 - Grand Rapids Branch | Grand Rapids | - | C | 1.8 |
| Unit #1979 | Flint | Retail | B | 1.8 |
| Main | Mount Clemens | Commodity inspection service | F | 1.8 |
| 559 Air Technologies | Byron Center | Industrial machinery and equ | C | 1.8 |
| USA Detroit Budget Lucas Dr Building 287 | Romulus | Rental Car | D | 1.8 |
| 186 - Frenchtown Township | Monroe | - | B | 1.8 |
| Saginaw Street Thrift Store | Lansing | Thrift shops, used merchandi | B | 1.8 |
| Kelsey-Hayes Company-Fowlerville | Fowlerville | Manufacturing | A | 1.8 |
| Bauer Sheet Metal & Fabricating, Inc | Muskegon | Air cowls, sheet metal (exce | B | 1.8 |
| 302 - Marquette | Marquette | Retail | B | 1.8 |
| Administrative Office | Brighton | Parks and recreation commiss | B | 1.8 |
| L4 Traverse City LTC | Traverse City | Pharmacies | B | 1.8 |
| Forkardt Inc. | Traverse City | Bits, drill, metalworking, m | B | 1.8 |
| ARC SE Michigan Store # 32 | Utica | Thrift shops, used merchandi | B | 1.8 |
| 7940_18744 | Wyoming | - | B | 1.8 |
| 63307 Sunrise of Cascade | Grand Rapids | Nursing Care Facilities | A | 1.8 |
| Topgolf Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills | Amusement and Recreation Ser | B | 1.8 |
| Gage Products | Ferndale | Oils, lubricating, synthetic | B | 1.8 |
| 11 Westland | Westland | Department Store | B | 1.8 |
| Metal Components LLC - Grand Rapids, MI | Grand Rapids | Sheet metal work (except sta | B | 1.8 |
| Lutz Roofing Inc | Shelby | Low slope roofing installati | B | 1.8 |
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.