Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions · Michigan

Van Dyke Plnt

Sterling Heights, MI · ~1,275 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Dyke Plnt runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions workplace, earning a grade D.

Van Dyke Plnt: 6.9 TCR = 128% of Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions BLS 5.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Dyke Plnt safety composite

Van Dyke Plnt scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−0.6

2016→2024

Van Dyke Plnt injury rate improved

Van Dyke Plnt's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.3 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 26.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=26.8 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336350 · Sterling Heights, MI ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 6.9 · 128% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #51/61
  • PHOTO Ace Manufacturing & …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 305 inj
  • SIZE ~1,275 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ace Manufacturing & Parts Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Dyke Plnt in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Dyke Plnt averages 6.9 TCR (128% of the Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions BLS benchmark).

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

Van Dyke Plnt TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=5 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=26.8 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Van Dyke Plnt falls in its industry

320 Manufacture of Automotive Tran establishments

Safer than 13% 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 #51 safest of 61 Manufacture of Automotive Tran employers in Michigan.

Van Dyke Plnt (1,275 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Dyke Plnt
Van Dyke Plnt (1,275 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 200 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Van Dyke Plnt has more employees than the Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions median and a higher 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 3.7 2.7 42 9 0
2023 26.8 16.6 32 13 0
2022 2.9 1.4 22 8 0
2020 3.3 1.3 23 7 0
2019 5.0 2.1 44 10 0
2018 4.8 1.7 46 21 0
2017 4.5 0.9 47 23 0
2016 4.3 0.8 49 18 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336350 · MI · Sterling Heights

320 Manufacture of Automotive Transmissions 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 Ace Manufacturing & Parts Company 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Erae AMS Pontiac 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Warehouse 2 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR MFC Corp 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE SMR Automotive 1,275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5 1,274 FTE
STATE-SIZE McLaren Northern Michigan 1,273 FTE
STATE-SIZE YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids 1,278 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 Apostolic Christian Restmor 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR S00576 - Homer City Hauling 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #64 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #181 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mercy Hospital Anderson 1,275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silver Dollar City LLC 1,275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koch Foods 1,275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winnebago County 1,275 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, 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.