Freight Trucking LTL · Michigan

Br Birch Run

Birch Run, MI · ~117 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Br Birch Run runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

Br Birch Run: 6.1 TCR = 135% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Br Birch Run safety composite

Br Birch Run scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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)
D 6.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Br Birch Run held a steady TCR band

Br Birch Run's TCR held near 0.0 from 6.1 in 2016 to 6.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.1 · 2018=6.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Birch Run, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 135% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #54/95
  • PHOTO BOI-ODFL
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BOI-ODFL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Br Birch Run in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Br Birch Run averages 6.1 TCR (135% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

Br Birch Run TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2018=6.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Br Birch Run falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 45% 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 #54 safest of 95 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Michigan.

Br Birch Run (117 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Br Birch Run
Br Birch Run (117 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Br Birch Run has more employees than the Freight Trucking LTL 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
2018 6.1 2.6 7 0 0
2016 6.1 5.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · MI · Birch Run

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 13 employers in Birch Run, 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 BOI-ODFL 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-126 YT 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NMA 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ONT Service Center 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Assembly Solar 1 & 2 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pullman SST #79 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plastic Plate Raleigh West 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAS Global Corporation 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR 213 - Birch Run Twp 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gas Construction Northeast 145 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holland - BR 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6284-HL-BR 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Conrad Deepwater Shipyard 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PB Bell Asset Management, Inc. 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Classic Concrete Forming, LLC 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Plantation Assisted Living 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Florida West Coast Symphony Inc. d/b/a Sarasota Orchestra 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Co 17 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bemis Healthcare Packaging - New London 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tony's Finer Foods-467 117 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: 2018, 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.