Wild animal parks · Michigan

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC

Cedar Springs, MI · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC runs at 392% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Wild animal parks workplace, earning a grade F.

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC: 12.1 TCR = 392% of Wild animal parks BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC safety composite

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−10.5

2023→2024

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC injury rate improved

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC's TCR fell 10.5 from 17.4 in 2023 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=17.4 · 2024=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Cedar Springs, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 392% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Freeport-McMoRan Aud…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Deer Tracks Junction, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Deer Tracks Junction, LLC averages 12.1 TCR (392% of the Wild animal parks BLS benchmark).

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

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC TCR series: 2023=17.4 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 3.1

Where Deer Tracks Junction, LLC falls in its industry

174 Wild animal parks establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Wild animal parks employers in Michigan.

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC (130 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Deer Tracks Junction, LLC
Deer Tracks Junction, LLC (130 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Deer Tracks Junction, LLC has fewer employees than the Wild animal parks median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 6.9 0.0 1 0 1
2023 17.4 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · MI · Cedar Springs

174 Wild animal parks 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 Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Chanticleer Foundation 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brevard Zoo 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mystic Aquarium/Ocean Blue Catering 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Randazzo Mechanical Heating & Cooling 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE BYERS D.C. DETROIT INC 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.L. Adams Plastics, Inc. 130 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novares LLC -Howell 130 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 Medallion Industries Inc 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR the highlands 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Zephyr Products Inc. 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ABF Freight 026 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE DT Soccer LLC 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Glanbia Gooding Transportation 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Decker Electric Inc 130 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pride Plating 130 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.