Annealing metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.

Fraser, MI · ~121 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Annealing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 159% of Annealing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. safety composite

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−3.2

2023→2024

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. injury rate improved

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 6.8 in 2023 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.8 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Fraser, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 159% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #27/43
  • PHOTO Paulo - Murfreesboro
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Paulo - Murfreesboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (159% of the Annealing 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

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. TCR series: 2023=6.8 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. falls in its industry

248 Annealing metals and metal pro establishments

Safer than 36% 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 #27 safest of 43 Annealing metals and metal pro employers in Michigan.

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 Specialty Steel Treating, Inc.
Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Specialty Steel Treating, Inc. has more employees than the Annealing metals and metal products for 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
2024 3.6 2.4 3 0 0
2023 6.8 3.9 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Fraser

248 Annealing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 40 employers in Fraser, 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 Paulo - Murfreesboro 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paulo - St. Louis 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atmosphere Annealing Canton 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR THERMOFUSION INC 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lakeshore Homestead, LLC 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Service Center 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE William E. Walter, Inc 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Cutting & Breaking Co. 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia - Fraser 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faurecia Fraser 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer 145 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Healthmark Industries Co. 287 FTE
NAT-TCR Spinal Systems, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Miles Resources, LLC 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR USA El Paso 6520 Convair Rd 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kansas City Service Center 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roanoke Plant 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Benson Hotel 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE El Rio Grande Latin Market #8 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Semper Solaris Construction, Inc. 121 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.