Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap · Ohio

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc.

Toledo, OH · ~164 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. runs at 225% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap workplace, earning a grade F.

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 225% of Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. safety composite

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−1.5

2017→2018

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. injury rate improved

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 8.2 in 2017 to 6.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=6.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331491 · Toledo, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 225% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #10/12
  • PHOTO LeachGarner 200 East
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~164 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LeachGarner 200 East (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (225% of the Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap BLS benchmark).

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

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=6.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. falls in its industry

113 Tubing, nonferrous metals (exc establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 12 Tubing, nonferrous metals (exc employers in Ohio.

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. (164 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc.
Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. (164 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 84 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Sigma Tube Company DBA Sterling Pipe & Tube, Inc. has more employees than the Tubing, nonferrous metals (except alumin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2018 6.7 6.7 10 0 0
2017 8.2 8.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331491 · OH · Toledo

113 Tubing, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals or scrap employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, OH · 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 LeachGarner 200 East 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LMC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elmet Technologies, LLC - Lewiston, ME 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR VDM METALS USA, LLC 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zimmer Power Station 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell Excavating Ltd 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shook Construction Co. - Moraine 164 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hanna Road and Short Term 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Assembly Complex 5,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Toledo Hospital 5,002 FTE
CITY-NEAR Toledo Hospital 4,912 FTE
CITY-NEAR Promedica Downtown Headquarters 3,308 FTE
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet Muhlenberg 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR N and R of Hollister LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Ngl Water Solutions, LLC-Orla 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Haren & Laughlin Construction Co., Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE 18 Martin 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodrich - Customer Service 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bryan Center (Txbrn) 164 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waco Work Tools Facility 164 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.