Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing · Michigan

Horstman Inc.

Sterling Heights, MI · ~54 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Horstman Inc. runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Horstman Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 65% of Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Horstman Inc. safety composite

Horstman Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−1.1

2018→2024

Horstman Inc. injury rate improved

Horstman Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 2.8 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.8 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336992 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/11
  • PHOTO BAE Systems Inc - An…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BAE Systems Inc - Anniston Forge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Horstman Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Horstman Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (65% of the Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Horstman Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.8 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Horstman Inc. falls in its industry

49 Tanks, military (including fac establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Tanks, military (including fac employers in Michigan.

Horstman Inc. (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Horstman Inc.
Horstman Inc. (54 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Horstman Inc. has fewer employees than the Tanks, military (including factory rebui median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.3 2.2 2 0 0
2019 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2018 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336992 · MI · Sterling Heights

49 Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 195 employers in Sterling Heights, 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 BAE Systems Inc - Anniston Forge 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BAE Systems Forge Facility 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integris Composites 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Dynamics Land Systems Anniston operations 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Residential Home Builder 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kalamazoo Facility 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE LS Brinker 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE ITC Operations-319 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Heights Assembly Plant 5,783 FTE
CITY-NEAR STERLING PLNT 2,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Stamping Plant 2,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conti, LLC 1,892 FTE
NAT-TCR Budsgunshop.Com, LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Fluid Controls, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Town Hall 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Danis Construction LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Howe Hall Aims 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Online Directional Boring 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Linen Supply Santa Barbara 100 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blair Senior Services, Inc. Transportation 54 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.