Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Niles Steel Tank Company

Niles, MI · ~51 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Niles Steel Tank Company runs at 432% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Niles Steel Tank Company: 14.3 TCR = 432% of Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Niles Steel Tank Company safety composite

Niles Steel Tank Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Niles Steel Tank Company: 4.8 → 27.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 27.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024

Niles Steel Tank Company's TCR rose 22.9 from 4.8 in 2016 to 27.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Niles, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 432% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Mason Manufacturing,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mason Manufacturing, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Niles Steel Tank Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Niles Steel Tank Company averages 14.3 TCR (432% of the Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Niles Steel Tank Company TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2020=10.4 · 2024=27.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Niles Steel Tank Company falls in its industry

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 8 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, ma employers in Michigan.

Niles Steel Tank Company (51 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Niles Steel Tank Company
Niles Steel Tank Company (51 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Niles Steel Tank Company has fewer employees than the Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 27.6 6.0 23 0 0
2020 10.4 5.2 6 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · MI · Niles

355 Vessels, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, 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 Mason Manufacturing, LLC 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Byrne Chiarlone LP d/b/a Wm. A. Schmidt and Sons 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Internationa Container Company LLC 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division 13.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jack Pine Farms, LLC 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay County Waste Water Treatment Plant 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Turner Electric Service, Inc. 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hillsdale County Road Commission 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR 131 Mesquite 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Person County Emergency Services 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrier Clinic 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Phillips Manufacturing & Tower Co 14.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington Patriot Construction, LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodhouse, Inc. 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway LLC - LyondellBasell Refinery - Morris 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cedar Crest Alz 51 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, 2020, 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.