Coating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom

Wixom, MI · ~37 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Coating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom: 9.4 TCR = 286% of Coating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom safety composite

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−34.3

2021→2024

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom injury rate improved

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom's TCR fell 34.3 from 34.3 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 34.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=34.3 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Wixom, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 286% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #41/47
  • PHOTO Reifel Industries Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reifel Industries Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom averages 9.4 TCR (286% of the Coating metals 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

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom TCR series: 2021=34.3 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom falls in its industry

646 Coating metals and metal produ establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 47 Coating metals and metal produ employers in Michigan.

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom (37 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom
Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom (37 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Oerlikon Balzers Coating USA Inc - Wixom has fewer employees than the Coating metals and metal products for th median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 34.3 3.4 4 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MI · Wixom

646 Coating metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 116 employers in Wixom, 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 Reifel Industries Inc 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DC Coaters 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest Galvanizing 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Crowley Powder Coat 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Full Circle Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dakota Plains Dairy 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE East River Genetic Services LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iron Mountain Hydro 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carl Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions 575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Material Handling 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gas Construction Southeast 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wixom Trijicon 328 FTE
NAT-TCR 5330 - Seattle North 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AltaVita Independent Living LLC 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Residence at Bethel Park 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 0769 - Las Cruces 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Courtyard by Marriott Cromwell Hartford 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Impact Fire - San Antonio 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ctf Construction 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin, Inc 37 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.