Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from purchased wire · Michigan

Helix Steel

Grand Rapids, Mi, MI · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Helix Steel runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from purchased wire workplace, earning a grade C.

Helix Steel: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from purchased wire BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Helix Steel safety composite

Helix Steel scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Helix Steel: 2.0 → 3.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.32× in 2024

Helix Steel's TCR rose 1.9 from 2.0 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332618 · Grand Rapids, Mi, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #3/9
  • PHOTO Stephens Pipe & Stee…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BALLENGER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Helix Steel in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Helix Steel averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from purchased wire BLS benchmark).

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

Helix Steel TCR series: 2023=2 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Helix Steel falls in its industry

270 Reinforcing mesh, concrete, ma establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 9 Reinforcing mesh, concrete, ma employers in Michigan.

Helix Steel (48 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Helix Steel
Helix Steel (48 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Helix Steel has fewer employees than the Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from pu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2023 2.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332618 · MI · Grand Rapids, Mi

270 Reinforcing mesh, concrete, made from purchased wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC BALLENGER 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Chain Corp 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sandin Mfg. 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Master Halco Dallas Mfg 031 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sietsema Farms 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.M. Longyear, LLC - Office & Forestry 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Top Grade Aggregates, LLC 48 FTE
NAT-TCR Hanson Sign & Screen Process Corp. 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Morningside 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carter Lumber 390 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0347 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE River City Transport, LLC 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE JACOR Contracting, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kempsville Building Materials 485 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Halvor Lines Rosemount 48 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. 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.