Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

State Heat Treating

Grand Rapids, MI · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

State Heat Treating runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade D.

State Heat Treating: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

State Heat Treating safety composite

State Heat Treating scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

State Heat Treating held a steady TCR band

State Heat Treating's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.8 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332811 · Grand Rapids, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #21/43
  • PHOTO TC Industries, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TC Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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State Heat Treating in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows State Heat Treating averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) 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

State Heat Treating TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.3

Where State Heat Treating falls in its industry

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #21 safest of 43 Hardening (i.e., heat treating employers in Michigan.

State Heat Treating (23 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 State Heat Treating
State Heat Treating (23 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 4.2

State Heat Treating has fewer employees than the Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals a 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 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332811 · MI · Grand Rapids

248 Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 TC Industries, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Treat All Metals 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR GA Richards Group 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nitrex Inc - Nevada Operations 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA 9,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Butterworth Hospital 7,397 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood 2,817 FTE
NAT-TCR Quadd Building Systems 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Porter Logistics LTD 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Schafer Ranch, Inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BK Lighting Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rosebud Electric Cooperative 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blizzard Walls Inc 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenway Equipment Dexter 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diversified Construction 23 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.