Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing · Iowa

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers

Manchester, IA · ~218 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers: 5.5 TCR = 166% of Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers safety composite

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers injury rate improved

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.3 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Manchester, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 166% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #11/24
  • PHOTO Thunderstone LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~218 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Thunderstone LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers averages 5.5 TCR (166% of the Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2018=5.4 · 2020=3.3 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=5.9 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers falls in its industry

474 Automobile transporter trailer establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 24 Automobile transporter trailer employers in Iowa.

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers (218 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers
Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers (218 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Bull Moose Heavy Haul, Inc. dba XL Specialized Trailers has more employees than the Automobile transporter trailers, multi-c median and a lower 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 5.4 4.3 15 0 0
2023 5.9 5.2 16 0 0
2022 5.5 5.5 11 0 0
2020 3.3 2.2 6 0 0
2018 5.4 4.6 13 0 0
2016 7.3 5.2 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · IA · Manchester

474 Automobile transporter trailers, multi-car, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 24 employers in Manchester, IA · 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 Thunderstone LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Smeal - Ephrata 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR General Engines Company, Inc. EBT Production Facility 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MAC Waste Trailer, Inc 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Slater R&D 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE AHM WAREHOUSE 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH36 Shull 218 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1792 - Waterloo 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR Regional Medical Center 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryten Manchester LLC 271 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henderson Products 268 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manufacturing 264 FTE
NAT-TCR Baptist Homes Society 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Electro-Space Fabricators, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AlCuMet Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverland Energy Cooperative 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mia Products 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wcat Okc 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE ProVia Cherry Ridge Facility 218 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salem 218 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, 2020, 2018, 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.