Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction · Michigan

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc.

Sterling Heights, MI · ~110 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 215% of Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. safety composite

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−9.3

2017→2024

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. injury rate improved

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.3 from 10.7 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.7 · 2024=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 215% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #54/54
  • PHOTO GSU:GS400 - GS400-GS…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSU:GS400 - GS400-GSU - Fremont, CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (215% of the Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction BLS benchmark).

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

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.7 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 2.8

Where D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. falls in its industry

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communicat establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 54 Utility line (i.e., communicat employers in Michigan.

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. (110 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 D.V.M. Utilities, Inc.
D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. (110 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

D.V.M. Utilities, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., communication, elect median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 1.4 1.4 2 0 0
2017 10.7 2.4 5 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · MI · Sterling Heights

1,605 Utility line (i.e., communication, electric power), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 195 employers in Sterling Heights, 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 GSU:GS400 - GS400-GSU - Fremont, CA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KENNEDY NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henkels & McCoy, Texas - Lewisville 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunTalk 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GMI - MI 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davis Construction, Inc. 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant 4 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheridan Publishing 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Heights Assembly Plant 5,783 FTE
CITY-NEAR STERLING PLNT 2,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Stamping Plant 2,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conti, LLC 1,892 FTE
NAT-TCR United Conveyor Supply Company - Pleasant Prairie 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Willert Manufacturing Co., LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Coast Plaza Hospital 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Concord Hospital 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE General Office 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE 61-Usf-Olf Red Mill 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spaulding Composites 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hitemco LLC 110 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, 2017. 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.