Engines and engine parts, aircraft (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves), manufacturing · Michigan
Vital Engineered Components Company
Sterling Heights, MI · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vital Engineered Components Company runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Engines and engine parts, aircraft (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Vital Engineered Components Company: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Engines and engine parts, aircraft (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vital Engineered Components Company safety composite
Vital Engineered Components Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Vital Engineered Components Company: 1.2 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Vital Engineered Components Company's TCR rose 1.5 from 1.2 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336412 · Sterling Heights, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #11/20
- PHOTO Supply Chain : Lafay…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Supply Chain : Lafayette Engine Facility (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vital Engineered Components Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vital Engineered Components Company
2.1 TCR
- Supply Chain :
Supply Chain : Lafayette Engine Facility
2.1 TCR
- Ancra Group :
Ancra Group : C-A Design
2.1 TCR
- Turbopower LLC
Turbopower LLC
2.1 TCR
- Beacon Group,
Beacon Group, Inc
2.1 TCR
What this shows Vital Engineered Components Company averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Engines and engine parts, aircraft (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Vital Engineered Components Company TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Vital Engineered Components Company falls in its industry
366 Engines and engine parts, airc establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 20 Engines and engine parts, airc employers in Michigan.
Vital Engineered Components Company has fewer employees than the Engines and engine parts, aircraft (exce median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336412 · MI · Sterling Heights
366 Engines and engine parts, aircraft (except carburetors, pistons, piston rings, valves), 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 | Supply Chain : Lafayette Engine Facility | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ancra Group : C-A Design | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Turbopower LLC | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Beacon Group, Inc | 2.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fluresh Grand Rapids | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Operation Grow, LLC | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Energy Developments | 76 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Benton Harbor Service Center | 76 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 | McLaughlin | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Graves Gilbert Clinic - Red Oak | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dfa-Keller-Winnesboro Tx | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant 783 | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Delivery Station | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | F.A. Peinado, LLC | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | P A Short Distributing Co. | 76 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midwest Refrigerated Transport INC | 76 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.