Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Michigan

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac.

Sterling Heights, MI · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac.: 1.8 TCR = 82% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. safety composite

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2016→2022

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. injury rate improved

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.8 · 82% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/23
  • PHOTO CC 49844 FRESNO BULK
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CC 49844 FRESNO BULK (0.0 TCR gap)

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42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. averages 1.8 TCR (82% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=0 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 2.2

Where 42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 23 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Michigan.

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. (29 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate 42831 - Sterling Heights Fac.
42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. (29 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

42831 - Sterling Heights Fac. has fewer employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · MI · Sterling Heights

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 195 employers in Sterling Heights, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR CC 49844 FRESNO BULK 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 49988 - PHOENIX METRO TDD 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ezaki Glico USA Corporation_Irvine 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 44521G - HUNTINGTON BIN 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IN) 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Hart 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riveridge Cider 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Covert Generating Company 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Heights Assembly Plant 5,783 FTE
CITY-NEAR STERLING PLNT 2,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Stamping Plant 2,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conti, LLC 1,892 FTE
NAT-TCR 49988 - Phoenix Metro Tdd 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR College Park Packers 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ancra Group : S LINE - Grand Saline 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Midland 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 44889 - Atlanta Ne Fac. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Booker Rest Home 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cranberry Court 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandley House 29 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.