Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Michigan

DVM Utilities, Inc.

Sterling Heights, MI · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DVM Utilities, Inc. runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade C.

DVM Utilities, Inc.: 2.4 TCR = 84% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DVM Utilities, Inc. safety composite

DVM Utilities, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DVM Utilities, Inc.: 2.1 → 2.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2023

DVM Utilities, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.4 from 2.1 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 84% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #10/35
  • PHOTO George J. Igel & Co.…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: George J. Igel & Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DVM Utilities, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DVM Utilities, Inc. averages 2.4 TCR (84% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

DVM Utilities, Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where DVM Utilities, Inc. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 35 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Michigan.

DVM Utilities, Inc. (138 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DVM Utilities, Inc.
DVM Utilities, Inc. (138 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

DVM Utilities, Inc. has more employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2023 2.6 2.6 4 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · MI · Sterling Heights

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), 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 George J. Igel & Co., Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR JOHN NERI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Partridge Well Drilling Company, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bedon Construction Inc 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Water Authority - Central Services Facility 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butcher and Butcher Construction 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3211 Battle Creek Mill 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Airlane Northwest 138 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 Southern Orchards Management 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Eldora Specialty Care 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Goochland Family YMCA 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ILAWC Champaign 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dun-Rite Home Improvements Inc 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE HLU Services, Inc. 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE BP Lubricants USA Inc. 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulisek Construction LLC 138 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: 2023, 2022. 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.