Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Metal Improvement Company LLC

Romulus, MI · ~50 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Improvement Company LLC runs at 79% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade B.

Metal Improvement Company LLC: 2.6 TCR = 79% of Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Improvement Company LLC safety composite

Metal Improvement Company LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Metal Improvement Company LLC: 2.7 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2024

Metal Improvement Company LLC's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.7 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Romulus, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 79% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #11/43
  • PHOTO Zion Industries - Gr…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Zion Industries - Grand Ledge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Improvement Company LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Improvement Company LLC averages 2.6 TCR (79% of the Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Improvement Company LLC TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=5 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Improvement Company LLC falls in its industry

248 Shot peening metal and metal p establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 43 Shot peening metal and metal p employers in Michigan.

Metal Improvement Company LLC (50 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Improvement Company LLC
Metal Improvement Company LLC (50 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Metal Improvement Company LLC has more employees than the Shot peening metal and metal products fo median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2022 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2021 4.3 2.2 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Romulus

248 Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 199 employers in Romulus, 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 Zion Industries - Grand Ledge 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BodyCote Holland 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hydro Honing Laboratories 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Imprex a Godfrey & Wing Company 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Commonwealth Commerce Center 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Midland 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Acoustical 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7786 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DTW1 3,720 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DTW1 3,502 FTE
CITY-NEAR Romulus Powertrain 1,336 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Romulus 1,037 FTE
NAT-TCR Mountain Ridge Metals 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR SEW-EURODRIVE, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Krauss Maffei 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR STR0084 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sugarland 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raym-Co, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-13060 TEMPLE AVE 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Lake Elmo 50 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, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.