Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Wisconsin

Bison Transport USA - Amherst

Name: Bison Transport USA - Amherst Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Amherst, WI · ~326 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Bison Transport USA - Amherst runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Bison Transport USA - Amherst: 1.7 TCR = 38% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bison Transport USA - Amherst safety composite

Bison Transport USA - Amherst scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Bison Transport USA - Amherst: 2.3 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2024

Bison Transport USA - Amherst's TCR rose 0.4 from 2.3 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Amherst, WI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 38% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #25/145
PHOTO Bray Fast Freight, LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~326 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bray Fast Freight, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Bison Transport USA - Amherst averages 1.7 TCR (38% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Bison Transport USA - Amherst TCR series: 2022=2.3 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Bison Transport USA - Amherst falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 145 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Wisconsin.

Bison Transport USA - Amherst (326 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Bison Transport USA - Amherst has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a lower 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
2024	2.7	1.2	8	1
2023	0.1	0.1	6	0
2022	2.3	2.1	11	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · WI · Amherst

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 5 employers in Amherst, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bray Fast Freight, LLC	BATESVILLE, AR	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charlotte, NC - Metro Mont Pky	CHARLOTTE, NC	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carter Express - Anderson, IN	ANDERSON, IN	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6824	GROVE CITY, OH	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bradley Corporation Fixtures	MENOMONEE FALLS	326 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1012	BEAVER DAM	326 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Foot Locker Corporate Services, Inc. - DC	WAUSAU	326 FTE
STATE-SIZE	OakLeaf Surgical Hospital	ALTOONA	326 FTE
CITY-NEAR	H. O. Wolding, Inc.	Amherst	415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blenker Companies, Inc	Amherst	107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amherst	Amherst	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central Waters Brewing Company	Amherst	33 FTE
NAT-TCR	TK Elevator Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tolo Logistics Services LLC	Lavergne, TN	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Integrity Cabinets LLC Ashland	Ashland, AL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lccb 1l16 Philadelphia Production Ctr	Philadelphia, PA	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Plug Power Rochester Gigafactory	West Henrietta, NY	326 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SG360 Wolf	Wheeling, IL	326 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - SMO1	Kansas City, MO	326 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MedVet Chicago	Chicago, IL	326 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. 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.