Sandblasting, building exterior · Michigan

Blastek LLC

Shelbyville, MI · ~27 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blastek LLC runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sandblasting, building exterior workplace, earning a grade B.

Blastek LLC: 1.8 TCR = 63% of Sandblasting, building exterior BLS 2.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blastek LLC safety composite

Blastek LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−4.4

2020→2024

Blastek LLC injury rate improved

Blastek LLC's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238990 · Shelbyville, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/30
  • PHOTO Century Fence Company
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Century Fence Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blastek LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blastek LLC averages 1.8 TCR (63% of the Sandblasting, building exterior BLS benchmark).

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

Blastek LLC TCR series: 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Blastek LLC falls in its industry

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterio establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 30 Sandblasting, building exterio employers in Michigan.

Blastek LLC (27 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 05001,0001,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Blastek LLC
Blastek LLC (27 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Blastek LLC has fewer employees than the Sandblasting, building exterior median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238990 · MI · Shelbyville

1,634 Sandblasting, building exterior employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Century Fence Company 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BrandSafway Solutions, LLC dba New England Scaffolding Services, LLC - New Hampshire 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCM Services 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BrandSafway Services, LLC - Boston Branch 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Badger Evergreen Nursery LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE K Drive Greenhouse Co 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (MO) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Luurtsema Sales Inc. 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shelbyville, MI 40 FTE
NAT-TCR Wf Mo 1 Jfrsn Bldg Ab Be145222 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR East Coast News CA 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Gristedes #512 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ZALL Enterprises Inc. dba AAA Countertops 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Premier Drill Products, LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jack in the Box #7207 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pipe Construction, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plastipak- Keasbey 27 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, 2021, 2020. 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.