Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing · Michigan

Fritz Products

River Rouge, MI · ~30 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fritz Products runs at 379% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Fritz Products: 12.5 TCR = 379% of Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fritz Products safety composite

Fritz Products scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−15.3

2016→2024

Fritz Products injury rate improved

Fritz Products's TCR fell 15.3 from 15.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 26.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.3 · 2017=26.6 · 2018=25.8 · 2019=22.0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331314 · River Rouge, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 379% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Imperial Aluminum - …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperial Aluminum - Scottsboro LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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Fritz Products in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fritz Products averages 12.5 TCR (379% of the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fritz Products TCR series: 2016=15.3 · 2017=26.6 · 2018=25.8 · 2019=22 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=9.3 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Fritz Products falls in its industry

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Aluminum ingot, secondary smel employers in Michigan.

Fritz Products (30 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 Fritz Products
Fritz Products (30 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Fritz Products has fewer employees than the Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of al median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 10.1 6.8 3 0 0
2021 9.3 6.2 3 0 0
2020 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 22.0 22.0 7 0 0
2018 25.8 16.1 8 0 0
2017 26.6 16.6 8 0 0
2016 15.3 12.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331314 · MI · River Rouge

103 Aluminum ingot, secondary smelting of aluminum and manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in River Rouge, 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 Imperial Aluminum - Scottsboro LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scepter, Inc. - Seneca Falls Operations 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR U.S. Granules Corporation - Plymouth Facility 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scepter, Inc - Greeneville Operations 14.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kitchen Farms, Inc. 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Revolution Farms 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE TES Filer City Station 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Fermi II Nuclear Power Plant Project 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR International Precast Solutions LLC 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR US Gypsum Detroit 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Warehouse Management MI 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Praxair Ecorse, MI 73 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0677 Westlake 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Conditioning Associates, Inc. 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR San Francisco Branch 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Samaritan Hospital (DBA Samaritan Healthcare) 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rochester North Hampton Inn & Suites 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Open Gates Farmers All Natural Creamery 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairchild Equipment - Stevens Point 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookfield Store 30 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, 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.