Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Michigan

Builders Iron, Inc.

Sparta, MI · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Builders Iron, Inc. runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Builders Iron, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Builders Iron, Inc. safety composite

Builders Iron, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−4.5

2023→2024

Builders Iron, Inc. injury rate improved

Builders Iron, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 8.4 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=8.4 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Sparta, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #16/38
  • PHOTO HEC Mfg
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HEC Mfg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Builders Iron, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Builders Iron, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Builders Iron, Inc. TCR series: 2023=8.4 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Builders Iron, Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 38 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Michigan.

Builders Iron, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Builders Iron, Inc.
Builders Iron, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Builders Iron, Inc. has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 3.9 2.0 2 0 0
2023 8.4 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MI · Sparta

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 33 employers in Sparta, 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 HEC Mfg 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LCI - 029 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peak Steel LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regional Erectors, Inc. 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUWA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Agrico Labor LLC 559 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Formulations 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Powertrain 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR Great Lakes Division 149 FTE
NAT-TCR Four Seasons Tree Care, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Huntsville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Southeastern Motor Freight, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Services Plus, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Coast Building Services LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Forge, Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southeast Ops General 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cable Components Group 43 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. 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.