Bolts, metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc.

Dexter, MI · ~284 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bolts, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 170% of Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. safety composite

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.5

2018→2024

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. injury rate improved

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 7.3 in 2018 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.3 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332722 · Dexter, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 170% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #29/41
  • PHOTO M.S Aerospace
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 115 inj
  • SIZE ~284 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M.S Aerospace (0.1 TCR gap)

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Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (170% of the Bolts, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. TCR series: 2018=7.3 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=5.8 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. falls in its industry

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 41 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers in Michigan.

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. (284 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc.
Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. (284 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 80 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. has more employees than the Bolts, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 6.8 5.1 20 0 0
2023 4.2 2.8 12 0 0
2022 3.1 1.9 8 0 0
2021 5.6 3.4 15 0 0
2020 5.8 5.0 14 1 0
2019 6.6 3.7 21 2 0
2018 7.3 5.0 25 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332722 · MI · Dexter

335 Bolts, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Dexter, 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 M.S Aerospace 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agrati Inc 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heartland 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Rod and Manufacturing 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GHSP Hart 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE Welding 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE MANHEIM DETROIT 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1642 284 FTE
CITY-NEAR SBD DEXTER 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paladin Attachments 207 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dapco Industries 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trucent Inc. 132 FTE
NAT-TCR Stone Systems of New Jersey 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 215BIN 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosenbauer Aerials LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CAN030 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Disney Global Product Development and Creative, Inc. 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE DPR Construction - Nashville 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE Braga Fresh Foods 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMHC 284 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.