Transportation · Michigan

ABF Freight 349

Auburn Hills, MI · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 349 runs at 298% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 349: 13.4 TCR = 298% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 349 safety composite

ABF Freight 349 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

ABF Freight 349: 13.2 → 22.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 24.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2024

ABF Freight 349's TCR rose 9.5 from 13.2 in 2016 to 22.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 24.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Auburn Hills, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.4 · 298% of ind

  • DART 11.3 DART
  • RANK #94/95
  • PHOTO R+L University - WTK
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L University - WTK (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 349 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 349 averages 13.4 TCR (298% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 349 TCR series: 2016=13.2 · 2017=11 · 2018=24.8 · 2019=18.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.9 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=13.5 · 2024=22.7 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 349 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #94 safest of 95 Transportation employers in Michigan.

ABF Freight 349 (26 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 ABF Freight 349
ABF Freight 349 (26 employees, TCR 13.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 349 has fewer employees than the Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 22.7 11.3 6 0 0
2023 13.5 13.5 4 0 0
2022 13.6 13.6 4 0 0
2021 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 18.1 9.0 4 0 0
2018 24.8 21.7 8 0 0
2017 11.0 5.5 3 1 0
2016 13.2 7.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · MI · Auburn Hills

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 215 employers in Auburn Hills, 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 R+L University - WTK 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 642 SEATTLE 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR WMN 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1180 SYRACUSE 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology Center 14,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR FCA US Headquarters and Technology 12,609 FTE
CITY-NEAR Continental - Auburn Hills North 1,318 FTE
CITY-NEAR CTC Pilot Plant 1,094 FTE
NAT-TCR Sheltair Aviation BJC 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR San Bernardino County Detention Facility 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bangor Depot 13.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Blue Sky Express 13.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 346 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 132 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 113 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 080 26 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.