Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Michigan

Sika Madison Heights

Madison Heights, MI · ~138 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sika Madison Heights runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.

Sika Madison Heights: 0.7 TCR = 138% of Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sika Madison Heights safety composite

Sika Madison Heights scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2017→2024

Sika Madison Heights injury rate improved

Sika Madison Heights's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.5 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541712 · Madison Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 0.7 · 138% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/19
  • PHOTO Terray Therapeutics
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terray Therapeutics (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sika Madison Heights in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sika Madison Heights averages 0.7 TCR (138% of the Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).

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

Sika Madison Heights TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2019=0 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 0.5

Where Sika Madison Heights falls in its industry

319 Chemical research and developm establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 19 Chemical research and developm employers in Michigan.

Sika Madison Heights (138 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Sika Madison Heights
Sika Madison Heights (138 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Sika Madison Heights has fewer employees than the Chemical research and development labora median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.5 0.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541712 · MI · Madison Heights

319 Chemical research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Madison 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 Terray Therapeutics 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zoetis Kalamazoo - Downtown 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arconic Technology Center (00160) 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akzo Nobel Vehicle Refinishes Troy 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Water Authority - Central Services Facility 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE DVM Utilities, Inc. 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butcher and Butcher Construction 138 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3211 Battle Creek Mill 138 FTE
CITY-NEAR MADISON HEIGHTS (MIMAD) 774 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIMAD - MADISON HEIGHTS 749 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIDET183 668 FTE
CITY-NEAR MIDET183 ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS 509 FTE
NAT-TCR Correct Electric, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR City Masonry, LLC. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Storeroom Operations Center (Columbia) 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa - Irvine 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Escondido Disposal Inc. 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elberfeld in 138 FTE
NAT-SIZE Adventist Home Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Adventist Home Assistance 138 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, 2019, 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.