Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek
Battle Creek, MI · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade A.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek: 1.4 TCR = 30% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek safety composite
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2024
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek's TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Battle Creek, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 30% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #5/74
- PHOTO BRANDYWINE CARBON TR…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BRANDYWINE CARBON TRANSPORTATION LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek
1.4 TCR
- BRANDYWINE CAR
BRANDYWINE CARBON TRANSPORTATION LLC
1.4 TCR
- J&D's, Inc.
J&D's, Inc.
1.4 TCR
- First Student
First Student 20616
1.4 TCR
- 483002-Carnegi
483002-Carnegie/PA Region Admin | PA | WP1-000
1.4 TCR
What this shows Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek averages 1.4 TCR (30% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek falls in its industry
1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Battle Creek has fewer employees than the Bus operation, school and employee median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · MI · Battle Creek
1,574 Bus operation, school and employee 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 | BRANDYWINE CARBON TRANSPORTATION LLC | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J&D's, Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | First Student 20616 | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 483002-Carnegie/PA Region Admin | PA | WP1-000 | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bushel Basket Orchards, Inc | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shelbyville, MI | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dan & Jerrys Pineview Greenhouse LLC | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Thumb Electric Cooperative of Michigan | 40 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 | Able Aerospace Services | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Specialty Machine Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New Horizons Telecom, Inc | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ADEP Group | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Doyle's Work Company, Inc. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ripaul Sorting | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Union Hills | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 220 | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.