Automotive · Michigan
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
Sterling Heights, MI · ~5,783 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant runs at 23% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automotive workplace, earning a grade A.
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant: 1.3 TCR = 23% of Automotive BLS 5.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant safety composite
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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%).
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant held a steady TCR band
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.0 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.0 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.0 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336390 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 23% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #31/146
- PHOTO Filtration : Holly S…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 529 inj
- SIZE ~5,783 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Filtration : Holly Springs (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Michigan employers → · Look up another →
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
1.3 TCR
- Filtration : H
Filtration : Holly Springs
1.3 TCR
- US MI Zeeland
US MI Zeeland 675 State St
1.3 TCR
- JR Engineering
JR Engineering
1.3 TCR
- 8462_19263
8462_19263
1.3 TCR
What this shows Sterling Heights Assembly Plant averages 1.3 TCR (23% of the Automotive BLS benchmark).
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant TCR series: 2016=1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1 · 2024=1 · BLS 5.4
Where Sterling Heights Assembly Plant falls in its industry
772 Automotive establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 146 Automotive employers in Michigan.
Sterling Heights Assembly Plant has more employees than the Automotive median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 82 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 58 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 133 | 18 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 99 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336390 · MI · Sterling Heights
772 Automotive employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 195 employers in Sterling 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 | Filtration : Holly Springs | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US MI Zeeland 675 State St | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JR Engineering | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 8462_19263 | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital-AnnArbor | 5,575 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor | 5,554 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2250-309 | 5,397 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Motors Corporation | 5,241 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | STERLING PLNT | 2,319 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sterling Stamping Plant | 2,115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Conti, LLC | 1,892 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sterling Heights Complex | 1,716 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tipton Transmission Plant | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Delta Toc | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FIBA Technologies - E. Greenville PA | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Progressive Printers | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Autoridad de Energia Electrica | 5,784 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Residential Services | 5,775 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA) | 5,792 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anderson Merchandisers, LLC | 5,798 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.