Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers · Michigan

SMS Mill Services Dearborn

Dearborn, MI · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMS Mill Services Dearborn runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

SMS Mill Services Dearborn: 3.3 TCR = 151% of Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMS Mill Services Dearborn safety composite

SMS Mill Services Dearborn scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−6.7

2016→2017

SMS Mill Services Dearborn injury rate improved

SMS Mill Services Dearborn's TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Dearborn, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 151% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #27/62
  • PHOTO Ashley Salvage Co. I…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ashley Salvage Co. Inc, (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMS Mill Services Dearborn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMS Mill Services Dearborn averages 3.3 TCR (151% of the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SMS Mill Services Dearborn TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=0 · BLS 2.2

Where SMS Mill Services Dearborn falls in its industry

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 62 Metal scrap and waste merchant employers in Michigan.

SMS Mill Services Dearborn (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate SMS Mill Services Dearborn
SMS Mill Services Dearborn (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

SMS Mill Services Dearborn has fewer employees than the Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesale median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 6.7 6.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · MI · Dearborn

1,126 Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 130 employers in Dearborn, 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 Ashley Salvage Co. Inc, 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pratt Recycling, Inc. - Fayetteville, NC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Recycling Rockwood 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baltimore Scrap Corp 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDC - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUCK 20,749 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dearborn Truck Plant 5,037 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2250-1 4,185 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDC - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CENTER DESIGN 3,940 FTE
NAT-TCR RailWorks Transit 2nd Avenue 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR N and R of Bloomfield LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Williams Civil Construction 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 659 Monroe ROC 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0765 - Roseburg, or 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0391 - Avondale, Az 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0215 - Philadelphia, Pa 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0213 - Jacksonville West, Fl 26 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.