Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers · Michigan

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~31 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit runs at 446% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit: 9.8 TCR = 446% of Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit safety composite

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−5.9

2016→2022

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit injury rate improved

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit's TCR fell 5.9 from 5.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 23.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.9 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=23.3 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 446% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #56/60
  • PHOTO Gibbs Wire and Steel…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gibbs Wire and Steel Company, LLC - Southington, CT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit averages 9.8 TCR (446% of the Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=11.3 · 2020=23.3 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit falls in its industry

1,299 Structural assemblies, metal, establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 60 Structural assemblies, metal, employers in Michigan.

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit (31 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit
Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit (31 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Smede-Son Steel & Supply - Detroit has fewer employees than the Structural assemblies, metal, merchant w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 23.3 23.3 7 0 0
2019 11.3 11.3 4 0 0
2018 8.4 8.4 3 0 0
2016 5.9 5.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · MI · Detroit

1,299 Structural assemblies, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 Gibbs Wire and Steel Company, LLC - Southington, CT 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR McNichols - DAL 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Sullivan Group, Inc. 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scot Industries - Sugar Grove 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melching Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Harvest Market 808 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4598-Rtc Idaho Falls 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR A.K. GIllis & Sons LLC 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Miller's Merry Manor 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming l Citrus Farming l Arvin 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cambria Suites (Avon) 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4765-CIDPW9667 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SupplyOne, Inc. 31 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.