Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Highland Engineering, Inc.

Howell, MI · ~45 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highland Engineering, Inc. runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Highland Engineering, Inc.: 6.0 TCR = 181% of Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highland Engineering, Inc. safety composite

Highland Engineering, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% 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

−1.4

2016→2024

Highland Engineering, Inc. injury rate improved

Highland Engineering, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 5.1 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2018=8.0 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332311 · Howell, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 181% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/17
  • PHOTO Michigan City CSM
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Michigan City CSM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highland Engineering, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highland Engineering, Inc. averages 6.0 TCR (181% of the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Highland Engineering, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2018=8 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Highland Engineering, Inc. falls in its industry

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 17 Buildings, prefabricated metal employers in Michigan.

Highland Engineering, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Highland Engineering, Inc.
Highland Engineering, Inc. (45 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Highland Engineering, Inc. has fewer employees than the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.1 0.0 3 0 0
2021 4.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 7.2 2.4 3 0 0
2019 13.7 9.2 5 1 0
2018 8.0 5.3 2 1 0
2016 5.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332311 · MI · Howell

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 94 employers in Howell, 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 Michigan City CSM 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacArthur Company - Energy Panel Structures IA 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erect-A-Tube, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dewey Establishment 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grand Junction Office 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeWeerdt Poultry Farm, LLC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clare SC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thomas Sebold and Associates, Inc. 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Thai Summit America 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Livingston County 721 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Livingston 488 FTE
NAT-TCR Montgomery Region 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 232 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Grande Rubicon 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ground Effects, LLC - San Antonio 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ben Parker Co., Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hydro Resources - Mid-Continent, Inc., Dalhart 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Eastern Concrete, Inc. 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landes Trucking 72003 Hope Hull 45 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.