Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers · Michigan

MG - Sterling

Sterling Heights, MI · ~153 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MG - Sterling runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

MG - Sterling: 2.9 TCR = 130% of Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MG - Sterling safety composite

MG - Sterling scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

MG - Sterling held a steady TCR band

MG - Sterling's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.3 in 2020 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423720 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 130% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #7/24
  • PHOTO Henderson CO
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Henderson CO (0.0 TCR gap)

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MG - Sterling in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MG - Sterling averages 2.9 TCR (130% of the Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

MG - Sterling TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.2

Where MG - Sterling falls in its industry

853 Plumbing supplies merchant who establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 24 Plumbing supplies merchant who employers in Michigan.

MG - Sterling (153 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate MG - Sterling
MG - Sterling (153 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 3.3

MG - Sterling has more employees than the Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024 4.5 2.6 7 0 0
2023 2.7 1.3 4 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.3 2.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423720 · MI · Sterling Heights

853 Plumbing supplies merchant wholesalers 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 Henderson CO 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Enterprises LLC: PA Oaks - 1116 Longford Rd 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3501 SW 13th St 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferguson Fire & Fabrication Inc: TX Mansfield-800 S 4th Ave 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE E&L Construction Group 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&D Building, Inc 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin City Foods - Lake Odessa 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Backyard Products 153 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 Wichita KS FXFE-WTK 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rosana 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 617 - Lee 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tropical Nut & Fruit Company Charlotte 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Charlie's Produce Anchorage 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fisher Barton Specialties, Inc. 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Equipment Accessories, Inc. 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Bend IN FXFE-SBN 153 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. 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.