Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs
Cedar Springs, MI · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade F.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs: 10.6 TCR = 236% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs safety composite
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 7% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
TCR Δ
−11.9
2023→2024
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs injury rate improved
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs's TCR fell 11.9 from 16.6 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 16.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=16.6 · 2024=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Cedar Springs, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 236% of ind
- DART 4.7 DART
- RANK #70/74
- PHOTO First Student - San …
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~35 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: First Student - San Jose (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Tumwater Schoo
Tumwater School District Transportation Facility
10.7 TCR
- Dean Transport
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Roscommon
10.7 TCR
- This site
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs
10.6 TCR
- First Student
First Student - San Jose
10.6 TCR
- 562-Waterloo
562-Waterloo
10.6 TCR
What this shows Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs averages 10.6 TCR (236% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs TCR series: 2023=16.6 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs falls in its industry
1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 7% 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 #70 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Cedar Springs has fewer employees than the Bus operation, school and employee median and a higher 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 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · MI · Cedar Springs
1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 26 employers in Cedar Springs, 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 | First Student - San Jose | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 562-Waterloo | 10.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tumwater School District Transportation Facility | 10.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dean Transportation, Inc. - Roscommon | 10.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Heeren, LLC - 42 North Apples | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harbor Farmz, North LLC | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Willow Point Dairy | 35 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | POWER & UTILITIES OPERATIONS - ROB | 35 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cedar Springs Public Schools-41070 | 369 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cedar Springs Public Schools | 353 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CS Manufacturing | 340 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 248 - Solon Township MI | 300 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Tazewell Machine Works, Inc | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scora - Orangeburg Center | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | XGS - Chino | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Custom Craftworks | 10.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | June Tailor Inc | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Town & Country Fence Co. of Oregon | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Center of HOPE of Myrtle Beach | 35 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABF Freight 140 | 35 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.