Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Michigan

Van Dellen Steel Inc.

Dutton, MI · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Dellen Steel Inc. runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Dellen Steel Inc.: 12.1 TCR = 368% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Dellen Steel Inc. safety composite

Van Dellen Steel Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−19.3

2016→2024

Van Dellen Steel Inc. injury rate improved

Van Dellen Steel Inc.'s TCR fell 19.3 from 19.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=19.3 · 2017=17.1 · 2018=15.0 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Dutton, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 368% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/38
  • PHOTO Snyder Engineering, …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Snyder Engineering, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Dellen Steel Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Dellen Steel Inc. averages 12.1 TCR (368% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Van Dellen Steel Inc. TCR series: 2016=19.3 · 2017=17.1 · 2018=15 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=19.1 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=12.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Van Dellen Steel Inc. falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 38 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Michigan.

Van Dellen Steel Inc. (31 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 Van Dellen Steel Inc.
Van Dellen Steel Inc. (31 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Van Dellen Steel Inc. has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2022 12.1 9.1 4 0 0
2021 9.4 3.1 3 0 0
2020 19.1 3.2 5 1 0
2019 11.4 8.6 3 1 0
2018 15.0 3.0 5 0 0
2017 17.1 5.7 6 0 0
2016 19.3 11.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · MI · Dutton

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 8 employers in Dutton, 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 Snyder Engineering, Inc. 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR RSI 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maplewood Blvd 12.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Greenhouse, Inc. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.B. Satkowiak's City Sewer Cleaners 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melching Inc. 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR VanLaan Concrete Construction 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vanlaan 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR HILCO TECHNOLOGIES Plant 2 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutton Location 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Masonry 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill CFL - Orange City 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Soto Street Facility 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0036 Culver City 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Electric construction 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE James Walker Mfg. Co. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vander Haag's Inc. - Winamac 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Noble 31 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, 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.