Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Michigan

Ags 18.5

Sterling Heights, MI · ~509 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ags 18.5 runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Ags 18.5: 1.8 TCR = 33% of Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ags 18.5 safety composite

Ags 18.5 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.0

2018→2024

Ags 18.5 injury rate improved

Ags 18.5's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.7 in 2018 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.7 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.9 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK #47/146
  • PHOTO Neaton Auto Products…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 55 inj
  • SIZE ~509 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ags 18.5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ags 18.5 averages 1.8 TCR (33% of the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ags 18.5 TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.9 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Ags 18.5 falls in its industry

772 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 146 Bumpers and bumperettes assemb employers in Michigan.

Ags 18.5 (509 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ags 18.5
Ags 18.5 (509 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Ags 18.5 has more employees than the Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, autom median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 0.7 0.7 6 0 0
2023 0.8 0.8 7 0 0
2022 1.4 0.8 9 0 0
2020 2.9 2.5 13 0 0
2019 2.1 1.7 10 1 0
2018 2.7 1.9 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MI · Sterling Heights

772 Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing 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 Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SRG Global 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arvin Sango, Inc 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAHLE Behr Mt. Sterling, Inc. 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Yanfeng Grand Rapids 509 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jolly Road 509 FTE
STATE-SIZE MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS 509 FTE
STATE-SIZE Odawa Casino 509 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 Paramount Millwright Services, Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kokomo Casting Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross Downing Buick Gmc Cadillac LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Light Art 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE UN1F1ED2MA 509 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vpgc, LLC 509 FTE
NAT-SIZE DC7 509 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charles Cole Memorial Hospital 509 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.