Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions · Michigan

Detroit Axle

Detroit, MI · ~322 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Axle runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions workplace, earning a grade C.

Detroit Axle: 4.9 TCR = 91% of Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions BLS 5.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Axle safety composite

Detroit Axle scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−1.8

2016→2017

Detroit Axle injury rate improved

Detroit Axle's TCR fell 1.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 91% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #39/61
  • PHOTO Raybestos Crawfordsv…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~322 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Raybestos Crawfordsville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit Axle in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Axle averages 4.9 TCR (91% of the Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Axle TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=4 · BLS 5.4

Where Detroit Axle falls in its industry

320 Assembly line rebuilding of au establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 61 Assembly line rebuilding of au employers in Michigan.

Detroit Axle (322 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Axle
Detroit Axle (322 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Detroit Axle has more employees than the Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2017 4.0 3.2 15 0 0
2016 5.8 2.8 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · MI · Detroit

320 Assembly line rebuilding of automotive, truck, and bus transmissions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 Raybestos Crawfordsville 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JAE Tech, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Universal Bearings LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Garden Fresh Gourmet 322 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1936 322 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1593 322 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holland - GR 322 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Rehabilitation Services, DBA Innovative Rehabilitation 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Akron (Ohakr) 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR USF Fairburn GA 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamansett West Center 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Chase Brass and Copper Company, LLC. 322 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gaffney (Scgny) 322 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Ups Store Inc. (Casai) 322 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sfmb Management, LLC 322 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: 2017, 2016. 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.