General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Wisconsin

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd

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Merrill, WI · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd: 4.2 TCR = 93% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd safety composite

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2023

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Merrill, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 93% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #22/100
PHOTO NWY
BOOK 7y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NWY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grand Rapids M

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Houston TX FXF

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What this shows Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd averages 4.2 TCR (93% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=5 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 100 General freight trucking, long employers in Wisconsin.

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd (37 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Burgener Contract Carriers, Ltd has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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
2023	4.8	2.4	2	0
2022	4.8	4.8	1	1
2021	4.8	4.8	2	0
2019	5.0	5.0	2	0
2018	7.5	2.5	3	0
2017	2.3	2.3	1	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · WI · Merrill

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 49 employers in Merrill, 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	NWY	WYTHEVILLE, VA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UIV	LAKE FOREST, CA	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grand Rapids MI FXFE-GRR	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Houston TX FXFE-HOU	HOUSTON, TX	4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Habelman Bros. Company	TOMAH	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lamers Dairy, Inc	APPLETON	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wissota Hydro Plant	CHIPPEWA FALLS	37 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Stevens Point	PLOVER	37 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merrill Area Public Schools	Merrill	440 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1366	Merrill	240 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1366	Merrill	224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Weinbrenner Shoe Company, INC. - Merrill	Merrill	200 FTE
NAT-TCR	4080/3806 - Dakota Panel DC	Rapid City, SD	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ft. Smith Metal	Ft. Smith, AR	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Comstock Community Center	Wilton, CT	4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Monitor	Mcallen, TX	4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	United Wire Company Inc	North Haven, CT	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - HLO1	Louisville, KY	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	224 - Knapp's North	Grand Rapids, MI	37 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Prairie City	Prairie City, IL	37 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 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.