Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing · Michigan

Universal Tube, Inc

Rochester Hills, MI · ~157 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Tube, Inc runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Universal Tube, Inc: 4.5 TCR = 137% of Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Tube, Inc safety composite

Universal Tube, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Universal Tube, Inc: 4.5 → 357.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 357.1 TCR · DART/TCR 39.51× in 2021

Universal Tube, Inc's TCR rose 352.6 from 4.5 in 2017 to 357.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 39.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Rochester Hills, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 137% of ind

  • DART 178.6 DART
  • RANK #24/50
  • PHOTO Hickey Metal Fabrica…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~157 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hickey Metal Fabrication & Roofing Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Universal Tube, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Tube, Inc averages 4.5 TCR (137% of the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Tube, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.5 · 2021=357.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Tube, Inc falls in its industry

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 50 Tubing, flexible metal, manufa employers in Michigan.

Universal Tube, Inc (157 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Tube, Inc
Universal Tube, Inc (157 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Universal Tube, Inc has more employees than the Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2021 357.1 178.6 6 2 0
2017 4.5 1.5 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · MI · Rochester Hills

827 Tubing, flexible metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 107 employers in Rochester Hills, 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 Hickey Metal Fabrication & Roofing Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Glenn Metalcraft, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Ground Systems Engineering 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anaco a div. of McWane Inc 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pincanna 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE PepperCo USA 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE W. S. Townsend Co./DBA MKD Kitchen and Bath 157 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woods Construction, Inc. 157 FTE
CITY-NEAR FANUC America Corporation - Rochester Hills 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford- Rochester Hills Data Center 409 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rochester Hills Data Center 396 FTE
CITY-NEAR InfuSystem, Inc. - Headquarters 367 FTE
NAT-TCR Herr Foods Inc. 27 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy San Juan Medical Center EM PSYEM IPSY 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR First Data 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pro Clean Janitorial Services, Inc 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Huntley Park District REC Center 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Agility Fuel Solutions - Salisbury 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE US188: Houston 430 - SG 157 FTE
NAT-SIZE Care-A-Lot Pet Supply Retail 157 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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