Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing · Michigan

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC

Sterling Heights, MI · ~125 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC: 2.0 TCR = 61% of Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC safety composite

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.11 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2016→2022

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC injury rate improved

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.0 in 2016 to 1.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #3/27
  • PHOTO Tuscany Motor Co.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tuscany Motor Co. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ultimate Hydroforming LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ultimate Hydroforming LLC averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.7 · 2022=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Ultimate Hydroforming LLC falls in its industry

470 Automobile bodies, passenger c establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

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 27 Automobile bodies, passenger c employers in Michigan.

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC (125 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ultimate Hydroforming LLC
Ultimate Hydroforming LLC (125 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Ultimate Hydroforming LLC has more employees than the Automobile bodies, passenger car, manufa median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2022 1.1 1.1 2 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 5 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.7 1.3 4 0 0
2017 2.7 1.3 4 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · MI · Sterling Heights

470 Automobile bodies, passenger car, 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 Tuscany Motor Co. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morgan Truck Body LLC MAZ 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KTH Parts Industries 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2552-Constantine, MI (Monsanto Co.) 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan E Karn 1&2 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHRG DET 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeMaria 125 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 Comstock Industries 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity Packing Company 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Terrace View 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Fagerdala/Sealed Air-Indianna 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MJ MECHANICAL INC Headquarters 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Best Western Premier, the Central Hotel 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Certified Roses Inc. 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6458-ZJAC 125 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 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.