Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Michigan

Behnke, Inc

Battle Creek, MI · ~47 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Behnke, Inc runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Behnke, Inc: 5.0 TCR = 112% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Behnke, Inc safety composite

Behnke, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−7.2

2016→2024

Behnke, Inc injury rate improved

Behnke, Inc's TCR fell 7.2 from 7.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2017=10.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Battle Creek, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #66/89
  • PHOTO Theodore, AL - 6030 …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Theodore, AL - 6030 Rangeline Road (0.0 TCR gap)

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Behnke, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Behnke, Inc averages 5.0 TCR (112% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Behnke, Inc TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2017=10.5 · 2022=2.5 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Behnke, Inc falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 89 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Michigan.

Behnke, Inc (47 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Behnke, Inc
Behnke, Inc (47 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Behnke, Inc has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 10.5 2.6 4 0 0
2016 7.2 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MI · Battle Creek

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 161 employers in Battle Creek, 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 Theodore, AL - 6030 Rangeline Road 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEDFORD 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIL/CVS 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MPS Trucking LLC 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nash Greenhouses, LLC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Arrow Dairy 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - BC 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Operations and Maintenance 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Denso Manufacturing of Michigan 2,702 FTE
CITY-NEAR BRONSON BATTLE CREEK 1,530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Battle Creek HQ Corporate Office 1,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR I I Stanley Co., Inc. 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Middle School 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DRock 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR North Pointe Nursing and Rehab 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flagship Converters Inc 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ultra Precision, Inc. 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Admiral Valve LLC dba CPV Manufacturing 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Whitley Peanut Factory 47 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, 2022, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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