Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union
Grand Rapids, MI · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union: 4.5 TCR = 99% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union safety composite
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.79 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%).
Rising injury rate
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union: 4.1 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union's TCR rose 0.7 from 4.1 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Grand Rapids, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 99% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #41/74
- PHOTO Slinger Terminal
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~153 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Slinger Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union
4.5 TCR
- Slinger Termin
Slinger Terminal
4.5 TCR
- Penn Hills
Penn Hills
4.5 TCR
- 3043 WEST REGI
3043 WEST REGION-WOODLAND PARK
4.5 TCR
- 6004 GREAT LAK
6004 GREAT LAKES REGION-MONROE OH
4.5 TCR
What this shows Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union averages 4.5 TCR (99% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union falls in its industry
1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 48% 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 #41 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - GR Union has more 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 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · MI · Grand Rapids
1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 1,006 employers in Grand Rapids, 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 | Slinger Terminal | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Penn Hills | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3043 WEST REGION-WOODLAND PARK | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6004 GREAT LAKES REGION-MONROE OH | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | E&L Construction Group | 153 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | D&D Building, Inc | 153 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Twin City Foods - Lake Odessa | 153 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Backyard Products | 153 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SHHG-GR BUTTERWORTH CA | 9,012 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SH Butterworth Hospital | 7,397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Health Saint Mary's Hospital-MH-MI | 2,914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Steelcase - Grand Rapids / Kentwood | 2,817 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Scholastic, Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farmers International, Inc | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | T-E Incorporated | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hall-Irwin Corp | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ColorDynamics, Inc. | 153 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate | 153 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Portland Hospital Service Corporation | 153 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ken Caryl Glass Inc. | 153 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.