Galvanizing metals and metal products for the trade · Michigan

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC

Redford, MI · ~64 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC runs at 296% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Galvanizing metals and metal products for the trade workplace, earning a grade F.

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC: 9.8 TCR = 296% of Galvanizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC safety composite

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC injury rate improved

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC's TCR fell 2.0 from 9.4 in 2016 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 20.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=13.3 · 2018=20.8 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332812 · Redford, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 296% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #42/47
  • PHOTO Cadon Plating and Co…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cadon Plating and Coatings (0.0 TCR gap)

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V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC averages 9.8 TCR (296% of the Galvanizing metals and metal products for the trade BLS benchmark).

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

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=13.3 · 2018=20.8 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=13.8 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3

Where V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC falls in its industry

646 Galvanizing metals and metal p establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 47 Galvanizing metals and metal p employers in Michigan.

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC (64 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC
V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC (64 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

V&S Detroit Galvanizing LLC has more employees than the Galvanizing metals and metal products fo median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 7.4 7.4 3 0 0
2023 7.8 3.9 4 0 0
2022 13.8 2.3 5 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.4 4.4 2 0 0
2019 10.9 3.6 6 0 0
2018 20.8 6.9 12 0 0
2017 13.3 7.6 7 0 0
2016 9.4 1.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332812 · MI · Redford

646 Galvanizing metals and metal products for the trade employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 34 employers in Redford, 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 Cadon Plating and Coatings 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crosslink Powder Coating of Texas, LLC 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Muncie 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hartford Finishing West 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lapeer Service Center 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gas Construction Royal Oak 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE First Contracting, Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Premiere Property Services, LLC 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Major Contracting 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Redford Service Center 204 FTE
CITY-NEAR Redford 156 FTE
CITY-NEAR Daimay North America Automotive Inc 134 FTE
NAT-TCR Uf Cfa Hub 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Vap Construction 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR NexTerra Wine Company 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Titan Newman, INC. 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Western Consolidated Technologies 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Xanitos EVS at Good Samaritan Medical Center 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lancaster Metal Manufacturing, LLC 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phend & Brown, Inc. 64 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.