Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel · Michigan

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch

Madison Heights, MI · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch runs at 536% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel workplace, earning a grade F.

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch: 17.7 TCR = 536% of Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch safety composite

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−8.8

2019→2020

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch injury rate improved

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch's TCR fell 8.8 from 22.1 in 2019 to 13.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 22.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=22.1 · 2020=13.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331210 · Madison Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.7 · 536% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Ace Irrigation & MFG…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Irrigation & MFG. Co (0.6 TCR gap)

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James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch averages 17.7 TCR (536% of the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel BLS benchmark).

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

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch TCR series: 2019=22.1 · 2020=13.3 · BLS 3.3

Where James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch falls in its industry

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, loc employers in Michigan.

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch (26 employees, TCR 17.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch
James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch (26 employees, TCR 17.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.3

James Steel and Tube Co Main Branch has fewer employees than the Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2020 13.3 0.0 3 0 0
2019 22.1 17.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331210 · MI · Madison Heights

329 Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Madison 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 Ace Irrigation & MFG. Co 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bull Moose Tube 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR OCI, LLC 18.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydraulic Tubes & Fittings, LLC 16.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR MADISON HEIGHTS (MIMAD) 774 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIMAD - MADISON HEIGHTS 749 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIDET183 668 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS 509 FTE
NAT-TCR 6458-ZSND 17.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02130 17.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Peapod Camp Hill, Pa 17.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0465 - Auburn, Me 17.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cooper Rail Service Inc. d/b/a Cooper Contracting 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hutchins TX Local 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Maryland Heights MO 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMNOVA Solutions - Fitchburg, MA 26 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: 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.