Bus operation, school and employee · Michigan
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City
Traverse City, MI · ~73 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bus operation, school and employee workplace, earning a grade D.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City: 8.2 TCR = 182% of Bus operation, school and employee BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City safety composite
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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. - Traverse City: 5.4 → 10.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2024
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City's TCR rose 5.5 from 5.4 in 2023 to 10.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 485410 · Traverse City, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 8.2 · 182% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #65/74
- PHOTO Transportation Depar…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~73 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Transportation Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City
8.2 TCR
- Transportation
Transportation Department
8.2 TCR
- Butler's Bus S
Butler's Bus Service-Royalton
8.1 TCR
- 3068 CENTRAL R
3068 CENTRAL REGION-MILWAUKEE
8.1 TCR
- 27042 Minnesot
27042 Minnesota Training Center
8.1 TCR
What this shows Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City averages 8.2 TCR (182% of the Bus operation, school and employee BLS benchmark).
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City TCR series: 2023=5.4 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City falls in its industry
1,574 Bus operation, school and empl establishmentsSafer than 13% 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 #65 safest of 74 Bus operation, school and empl employers in Michigan.
Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City 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 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
485410 · MI · Traverse City
1,574 Bus operation, school and employee employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 197 employers in Traverse City, 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 | Transportation Department | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Butler's Bus Service-Royalton | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 3068 CENTRAL REGION-MILWAUKEE | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 27042 Minnesota Training Center | 8.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Field Work | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Michiana SC | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-County Electric- Portland | 73 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midwest Powerline, LLC | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Munson Medical Center | 3,845 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Munson Healthcare | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Michigan College | 705 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Michigan College - 28999 | 569 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Carolina SeniorCare | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rich Ice Cream Company | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pro Framing Inc | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Savannah Court of Camilla | 8.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Farmers International, Inc | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Empire Contractors, Inc. | 73 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dedicated Cowpens | 73 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.