Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights

Sterling Heights, MI · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights: 5.1 TCR = 154% of Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights safety composite

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−10.2

2016→2017

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights injury rate improved

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights's TCR fell 10.2 from 10.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 154% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/43
  • PHOTO Bodycote Thermal Pro…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pillar Induction Sterling Heights in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pillar Induction Sterling Heights averages 5.1 TCR (154% of the Heat treating 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

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Pillar Induction Sterling Heights falls in its industry

248 Heat treating metals and metal establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #24 safest of 43 Heat treating metals and metal employers in Michigan.

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights (25 employees, TCR 5.1) 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 Pillar Induction Sterling Heights
Pillar Induction Sterling Heights (25 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Pillar Induction Sterling Heights has fewer employees than the Heat treating metals and metal products 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 10.2 10.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Sterling Heights

248 Heat treating metals and metal products for the trade 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 Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. - Grand Rapids 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Heat Treat 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc - Melrose Park 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPC 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hazel Park 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bayside Best Beans LLC. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric- Blanchard 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 25 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 The Crossroads Inn 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Tinton Falls (Njtin) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ontario Carrier Support (Caocs) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR APCO 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.