Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Highland Tank of Central Michigan

Clarkston, MI · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highland Tank of Central Michigan runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Highland Tank of Central Michigan: 11.3 TCR = 343% of Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highland Tank of Central Michigan safety composite

Highland Tank of Central Michigan scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−11.0

2019→2023

Highland Tank of Central Michigan injury rate improved

Highland Tank of Central Michigan's TCR fell 11.0 from 16.5 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=16.5 · 2020=14.4 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Clarkston, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 343% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Niece Products of Ka…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Niece Products of Kansas (0.1 TCR gap)

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Highland Tank of Central Michigan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highland Tank of Central Michigan averages 11.3 TCR (343% of the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Highland Tank of Central Michigan TCR series: 2019=16.5 · 2020=14.4 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Highland Tank of Central Michigan falls in its industry

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gaug employers in Michigan.

Highland Tank of Central Michigan (38 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Highland Tank of Central Michigan
Highland Tank of Central Michigan (38 employees, TCR 11.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Highland Tank of Central Michigan has fewer employees than the Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 5.5 2.7 2 0 0
2022 13.7 8.2 5 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2020 14.4 7.2 4 0 0
2019 16.5 9.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · MI · Clarkston

355 Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 34 employers in Clarkston, 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 Niece Products of Kansas 11.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maguire Tank 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morfab Company Inc 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Tank and Engineering Company, Inc. 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westview Orchards 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell & Scully, Inc. 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oscar W. Larson Company (Corporate) 350 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00651 154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lawrence Plasics 137 FTE
CITY-NEAR 018-00709 133 FTE
NAT-TCR Contract Filling Inc 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Western hills 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Badger Custom Pallet Inc 11.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Memphis Fence Company 11.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Groendyke Transport - Denver 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 316-NiSource-Lynchburg VA-Serv Ctr 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Recycling of MS, LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Petron New Berlin 38 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.