Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon

Muskegon, MI · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade C.

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon: 4.5 TCR = 101% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon safety composite

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−3.2

2023→2024

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon injury rate improved

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon's TCR fell 3.2 from 6.2 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.2 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Muskegon, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 101% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #43/74
  • PHOTO SUNRISE SOUTHWEST LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SUNRISE SOUTHWEST LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon averages 4.5 TCR (101% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).

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

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon TCR series: 2023=6.2 · 2024=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon falls in its industry

1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon (43 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon (43 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Dean Transportation, Inc. - Muskegon-Laketon 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2023 6.2 6.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MI · Muskegon

1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 230 employers in Muskegon, 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 SUNRISE SOUTHWEST LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palmer Bus Service of Lake Crystal Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6015 GREAT LAKES REGION-MADEIRA OH 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Student Inc 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Coldwater 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Battle Creek 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUWA 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE THOMAS J MOYLE JR INC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Sherman Campus 3,461 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners-1500 E Sherman BLVD-MH-MI 2,598 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Partners - Hackley 1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Arena 861 FTE
NAT-TCR Chattanooga 10010 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Pac N Save 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR San Isabel Electric Association- Pueblo West Administration 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlan General Conces 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Barnes Tree Service Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bolton Construction and Service LLC 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Regency Care of Central Oregon 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridge Home Health Central Coast, LLC 43 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.