Steel Wire Drawing · Michigan

US Wire : Niles

Niles, MI · ~136 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Wire : Niles runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Steel Wire Drawing workplace, earning a grade D.

US Wire : Niles: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Steel Wire Drawing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Wire : Niles safety composite

US Wire : Niles scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.2

2016→2023

US Wire : Niles injury rate improved

US Wire : Niles's TCR fell 5.2 from 8.5 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.5 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331222 · Niles, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P42
  • PHOTO Carthage Wire Mill
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carthage Wire Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Wire : Niles in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Wire : Niles averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Steel Wire Drawing BLS benchmark).

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

US Wire : Niles TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=3.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=9.8 · 2022=5.1 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where US Wire : Niles falls in its industry

163 Steel Wire Drawing establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
US Wire : Niles (136 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate US Wire : Niles
US Wire : Niles (136 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 4.8

US Wire : Niles has more employees than the Steel Wire Drawing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2023 3.3 1.6 4 0 0
2022 5.1 3.4 6 0 0
2021 9.8 5.4 8 3 0
2020 5.7 3.4 5 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.4 0.7 5 0 0
2017 7.3 3.4 13 0 0
2016 8.5 5.8 15 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331222 · MI · Niles

163 Steel Wire Drawing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 68 employers in Niles, 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 Carthage Wire Mill 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Wire Inc Arkansas 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koswire, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Materials Development 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE FEBCON Inc. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Applegate, Inc. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.L. Bondy Insulation 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital Niles 420 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2010 377 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeland Hospital - Niles 331 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2010 331 FTE
NAT-TCR Innofa USA LLC 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Protection 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Copley-Price Family YMCA 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #517 JACKSONVILLE, FL 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ivy Creek Healthcare & Wellness Centre 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mr. Bird 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Njmtla-Eh1-Mt Laurel Corp Office 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Linc 3028 (Conley - F) 136 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.