Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing · Michigan

Sterling Heights Complex

Sterling Heights, MI · ~1,716 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Heights Complex runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Sterling Heights Complex: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Heights Complex safety composite

Sterling Heights Complex scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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 Complex held a steady TCR band

Sterling Heights Complex's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336992 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #3/11
  • PHOTO BAE Systems Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 74 inj
  • SIZE ~1,716 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BAE Systems Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sterling Heights Complex in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Heights Complex averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Heights Complex TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0.9 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0.6 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Sterling Heights Complex falls in its industry

49 Tanks, military (including fac establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Tanks, military (including fac employers in Michigan.

Sterling Heights Complex (1,716 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Heights Complex
Sterling Heights Complex (1,716 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Sterling Heights Complex has more employees than the Tanks, military (including factory rebui median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 0.8 0.8 14 2 0
2023 0.6 0.4 11 0 0
2020 0.6 0.4 9 2 0
2018 0.9 0.4 13 0 0
2017 0.9 0.4 12 2 0
2016 1.1 0.5 15 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336992 · MI · Sterling Heights

49 Tanks, military (including factory rebuilding), manufacturing 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 BAE Systems Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Field Services 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Equipment Training Services 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Raytheon_El Paso_TX_ Briggs Army Airfield 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Herman Miller Main Site 1,711 FTE
STATE-SIZE MIDET202 ASCENSION PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL NOVI 1,707 FTE
STATE-SIZE SERV-U-SUCCESS 1,706 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Ford Troy - Maple Road 1,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Heights Assembly Plant 5,783 FTE
CITY-NEAR STERLING PLNT 2,319 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sterling Stamping Plant 2,115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Conti, LLC 1,892 FTE
NAT-TCR Presidents Island - D024 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tampa Terminal FL (2101 GATX Dr) (Tampa Area) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Del Valle Group 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cobb South 298 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Midland Jobsites 1,716 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lee Company 1,716 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Charleston 1,715 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Jewish Health 1,715 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, 2020, 2018, 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.