Industrial robot cells manufacturing · Michigan

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC

Sterling Heights, MI · ~49 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial robot cells manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC: 5.8 TCR = 177% of Industrial robot cells manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC safety composite

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC injury rate improved

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC's TCR fell 2.2 from 8.0 in 2016 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.0 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=5.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333998 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 177% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO FANUC - Centerpoint
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FANUC - Centerpoint (0.1 TCR gap)

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KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC averages 5.8 TCR (177% of the Industrial robot cells manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC TCR series: 2016=8 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=4 · 2022=3 · 2023=6 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 3.3

Where KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC falls in its industry

34 Industrial robot cells manufac establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 10 Industrial robot cells manufac employers in Michigan.

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC (49 employees, TCR 5.8) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 2.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC
KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC (49 employees, TCR 5.8) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 145 employees and a TCR of 2.7

KMC - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC has fewer employees than the Industrial robot cells manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 5.7 5.7 3 0 0
2023 6.0 2.0 3 0 0
2022 3.0 0.0 2 0 0
2020 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.3 0.0 4 0 0
2017 12.8 9.2 7 0 0
2016 8.0 6.6 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333998 · MI · Sterling Heights

34 Industrial robot cells 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 FANUC - Centerpoint 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TJ Merroe DBA Rother Machine 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Filter Manufacturers 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORGO-THERMIT, INC. 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1003 Canal St 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Miller-Davis Company 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gundlach Champion, Inc. 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLOSNER CONSTRUCTION & SALES INC 49 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 Rock Hill - ARCo 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nyleve Bridge Corp. 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ed Miniat LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Boise 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3095 Keystone 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waterloo West 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #42 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enertech Electrical Inc. 49 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, 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.