Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc.

Name: Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Saginaw, MI · ~43 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.4
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc.: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. safety composite

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−1.8

2016→2023

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. injury rate improved

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=11.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Saginaw, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #29/43
PHOTO IBC Coatings Technol…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IBC Coatings Technologies Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bodycote Therm

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TRI CITY HEAT

5.4
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5.4

What this shows Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=11.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade D

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 43 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Michigan.

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Hi-Tech Steel Treating, Inc. has more employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2021	6.7	6.7	3	0	0
2018	11.2	11.2	6	0	0
2017	7.5	3.7	3	1	1
2016	1.8	1.8	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Saginaw

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 278 employers in Saginaw, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	IBC Coatings Technologies Inc.	LEBANON, IN	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Livonia	LIVONIA, MI	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TRI CITY HEAT TREAT	ROCK ISLAND, IL	5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Fort Wayne	FORT WAYNE, IN	5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Coldwater	UNION CITY	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek	BATTLE CREEK	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DUWA	WYANDOTTE	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC	HOUGHTON	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nexteer Automotive Saginaw Site	Saginaw	4,015 FTE
CITY-NEAR	700 Cooper	Saginaw	2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morley - Saginaw	Saginaw	2,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Caravan Facilities Management	Saginaw	1,677 FTE
NAT-TCR	WSM Industries - Wichita	Wichita, KS	5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Home Care - Chesapeake	Chesapeake, VA	5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	UAR- Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	STR0182	Columbia, SC	5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Milano Bakery, Inc.	Joliet, IL	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lincoln, Nh #004	Lincoln, NH	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mainstore Shrewsbury	Jefferson, LA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ohio Tool Works LLC	Ashland, OH	43 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, 2021, 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.