Metals service centers · Michigan

Aperam Sterling Heights

Sterling Heights, MI · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aperam Sterling Heights runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Aperam Sterling Heights: 3.3 TCR = 150% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aperam Sterling Heights safety composite

Aperam Sterling Heights scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−0.8

2022→2024

Aperam Sterling Heights injury rate improved

Aperam Sterling Heights's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.6 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.6 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 150% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #25/60
  • PHOTO Chesterfield Steel
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chesterfield Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aperam Sterling Heights in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aperam Sterling Heights averages 3.3 TCR (150% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Aperam Sterling Heights TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Aperam Sterling Heights falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 60 Metals service centers employers in Michigan.

Aperam Sterling Heights (33 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Aperam Sterling Heights
Aperam Sterling Heights (33 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Aperam Sterling Heights has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2023 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · MI · Sterling Heights

1,299 Metals service centers 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 Chesterfield Steel 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miami Valley Steel Service 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUGAR STEEL CORPORATION 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson- Milwaukee 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRH GROUP LLC 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Three Rivers Svc Ctr 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alpena Power Company 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment City of Wyoming 33 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 Chris Coffee Service Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 99 - Office & Warehouse 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dupuy Storage & Forwarding, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ghertner & Company 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bedon Construction Inc 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE O'Brien Steel Service- Wausau 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Double D 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.P. Williams, Inc. 33 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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