Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade · Arizona

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix safety composite

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−8.6

2016→2017

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix injury rate improved

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix's TCR fell 8.6 from 8.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P49
  • PHOTO Euclid Heat Treating
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Euclid Heat Treating (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix averages 4.3 TCR (130% 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. - Phoenix TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix falls in its industry

248 Shot peening metal and metal p establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix (24 employees, TCR 4.3) 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. - Phoenix
Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix (24 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Metal Improvement Company, LLC. - Phoenix has fewer employees than the Shot peening metal and metal products fo median and a higher 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.6 8.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · AZ · Phoenix

248 Shot peening metal and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 Euclid Heat Treating 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Metals 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. - Columbus 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rio Blanco, LLC - RBL332 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vasquez Brothers Inc. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES : OM - New Harquahala 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arlington Valley Energy Facility 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR 0390 - Bronx, NY 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Black River Display 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Prince Minerals LLC- Quincy 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Allied Mineral Products - Anniston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE AEM 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ammon Nursery 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quality Inn & Suites 24 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.