Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Michigan

Kautex Textron Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~286 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kautex Textron Detroit runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Kautex Textron Detroit: 1.8 TCR = 33% of Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kautex Textron Detroit safety composite

Kautex Textron Detroit scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

−2.1

2016→2020

Kautex Textron Detroit injury rate improved

Kautex Textron Detroit's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.7 in 2016 to 0.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.7 · 2017=1.9 · 2020=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Detroit, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #46/146
  • PHOTO SAF-HOLLAND, Inc - C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~286 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAF-HOLLAND, Inc - Cincinnati (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kautex Textron Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kautex Textron Detroit averages 1.8 TCR (33% of the Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kautex Textron Detroit TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=1.9 · 2020=0.6 · BLS 5.4

Where Kautex Textron Detroit falls in its industry

772 Gas tanks assembled, automotiv establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 146 Gas tanks assembled, automotiv employers in Michigan.

Kautex Textron Detroit (286 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Kautex Textron Detroit
Kautex Textron Detroit (286 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Kautex Textron Detroit has more employees than the Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2020 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 1.9 0.5 8 0 0
2016 2.7 0.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · MI · Detroit

772 Gas tanks assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 SAF-HOLLAND, Inc - Cincinnati 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Brands Group, LLC. Carter Fuel system/tricoAftermarket. Titan Building 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aero Industries - Omaha Facility 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGS 18.5 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kent County Road Commission 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE Limbach - Michigan 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE PRATT & WHITNEY Auto Air Inc. - LANSING 286 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wright-Filippis 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR JBK Manufacturing, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin IGA Inc 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Construction 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Avoca, LLC 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rolfson Oil 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parks and Recreation - Village of Northbrook, IL 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Section 14 - Pellicano 286 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phillips and Jordan, Inc./Knoxville, TN 286 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, 2017, 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.