Plumbing and heating contractors · Michigan

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms

Farmington Hills, MI · ~207 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms runs at 218% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plumbing and heating contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms: 6.1 TCR = 218% of Plumbing and heating contractors BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms safety composite

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−8.8

2019→2023

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms injury rate improved

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms's TCR fell 8.8 from 12.0 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=12.0 · 2020=7.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Farmington Hills, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.1 · 218% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #115/153
  • PHOTO Korrect Plumbing, He…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~207 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Korrect Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms averages 6.1 TCR (218% of the Plumbing and heating contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms TCR series: 2019=12 · 2020=7.8 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms falls in its industry

5,793 Plumbing and heating contracto establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #115 safest of 153 Plumbing and heating contracto employers in Michigan.

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms (207 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms
Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms (207 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Bergstrom Operating Co. dba Thornton and Grooms has more employees than the Plumbing and heating contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2023 3.2 3.2 8 0 0
2022 1.4 1.4 3 0 0
2020 7.8 1.8 13 0 0
2019 12.0 1.8 19 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Farmington Hills

5,793 Plumbing and heating contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 168 employers in Farmington Hills, 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 Korrect Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Enterprises, Inc 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hermanos 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Right Temp Mechanical, Inc. 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walters Gardens Inc 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arvco Kalamazoo 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE ADAC Automotive, Inc. - Olthoff Plant 207 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paladin Attachments 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centria Healthcare LLC 3,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-517 2,497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Beechview Elementary 1,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Facilities Management 1,317 FTE
NAT-TCR Hansen's IGA Mondovi 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BFI Waste Services of PA 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Oil Equipment Co., Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fair Oaks Foods 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hcb Operating Hqtrs(Hcb2)-Ny88 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE Airtek Construction 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landmark of Louisville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 207 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dendreon Pharmaceuticals - Union City 207 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.