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 251 of 328| Employer | City | Industry | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Security Solutions | Flint | Security guard services | B | 1.3 |
| SKF USA Inc. - Muskegon | Norton Shores | Manufacturing | A | 1.3 |
| Discount Pallet Company | Grand Rapids | Ammunition boxes, wood, manu | A | 1.3 |
| Modineer Plant 2 | Niles | Job stampings, automotive, m | A | 1.3 |
| 2943_5702 | Hudsonville | - | A | 1.3 |
| Cadillac Mfg | Cadillac | Boxes, corrugated and solid | A | 1.3 |
| Oscoda Engine Services Corp | Oscoda | Maintenance and repair servi | A | 1.3 |
| BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC | Muskegon | Herbicides manufacturing | A | 1.3 |
| John Bowman Chevrolet, Inc | Clarkston | Automobile dealers, new only | A | 1.3 |
| Merrill Tool and Machine | Merrill | Precision turned product man | A | 1.3 |
| DTE Maintenance Alliance | Monroe | Fossil Fuel Electric Power G | C | 1.3 |
| LCC - East | East Lansing | Academies, college or univer | C | 1.3 |
| H&L Manufacturing | Middleville | Motor Vehicle Electrical and | A | 1.3 |
| Brembo North America - Disc Facility | Homer | Brake discs (rotor), automot | A | 1.3 |
| 201235 | Madison Heights | Industrial Supplies | B | 1.3 |
| Center Line Packaging | Center Line | Motor Vehicle Supplies and N | B | 1.3 |
| Fairlife, LLC | Coopersville | Milk, fluid (except canned), | A | 1.3 |
| Michigan Natural Storage | Wyoming | Cold storage warehousing | A | 1.3 |
| 880 - Newport Regional DC | Newport | - | A | 1.3 |
| Kalamazoo MI Carton | Kalamazoo | Paper and Paperboard | A | 1.3 |
| Mission Point of Clarkston | Clarkston | Nursing homes | A | 1.3 |
| Delta Faucet Company | Lapeer | Plumbing fixture fittings an | A | 1.3 |
| Kalsec Distribution Center | Kalamazoo | Extracts, food (except coffe | A | 1.3 |
| 4065_7784 | Wayland | - | A | 1.3 |
| JH Bennett & Company Novi | Novi | General merchandise, durable | B | 1.3 |
| 9001 Riley NRC 10 Building | Zeeland | Air bag assemblies manufactu | A | 1.3 |
| Sp-Ascension Macomb- | Madison Heights | - | A | 1.3 |
| Gas Construction West | Bellevue | Distribution of natural gas | C | 1.3 |
| Real Alloy Recycling, LLC | Coldwater | Aluminum ingot made from pur | A | 1.3 |
| Double Tree Holland | Holland | Hospitality | A | 1.3 |
| RHN | Whitmore Lake | Freight Transportation | A | 1.3 |
| Penske : 4698-00 Cardinal/Romulus, MI | Detroit | DCC | A | 1.3 |
| Saint-Gobain - Beaverton | Beaverton | Extruded, molded or lathe-cu | A | 1.3 |
| Carson's Howell | Howell | Department stores (except di | A | 1.3 |
| Napoleon | Jackson | Bulk stations, petroleum | B | 1.3 |
| Detroit | Madison Heights | Control equipment, electric, | A | 1.3 |
| Allmed-Michigan | Belleville | Appliances, surgical, mercha | B | 1.3 |
| 222 - Madison Heights | Madison Heights | Retail | A | 1.3 |
| Constructech, Inc. | Livonia | Hospital construction | A | 1.3 |
| General Filters | Novi | Air purification equipment, | A | 1.3 |
| Tenneco, Inc. | Marshall | Exhaust systems and parts, a | A | 1.3 |
| Fluid Connectors : Lakeview | Lakeview | Manufacturer of Brass Produc | A | 1.3 |
| Stanisci Design & Manufacturing | Oxford | Kitchen cabinets (except fre | A | 1.3 |
| Cannon Muskegon Corporation | Muskegon | Foundries, steel (except inv | A | 1.3 |
| Meijer Great Lakes LP | Grand Rapids | Grocery stores | A | 1.3 |
| 2904-0179 | Farmington Hills | Agents and brokers, durable | B | 1.3 |
| LEGOLAND Discovery center Michigan | Auburn Hills | Theme parks, amusement | A | 1.3 |
| Michigan Department of Corrections - Macomb Parole | Roseville | Public parole offices | A | 1.3 |
| Stevens Van Lines - HQ | Saginaw | Van lines, moving and storag | A | 1.3 |
| Newkirk Electric | Muskegon | Low voltage electrical work | A | 1.3 |
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.