Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing · Michigan

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc

Allendale, MI · ~101 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc safety composite

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−2.3

2016→2021

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc injury rate improved

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333923 · Allendale, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Unified Industries, …
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unified Industries, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc falls in its industry

157 Cranes, overhead traveling, ma establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

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 9 Cranes, overhead traveling, ma employers in Michigan.

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc (101 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc
Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc (101 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Derks Service Inc. DBA Star Crane & Hoist Inc has more employees than the Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2021 2.5 0.0 3 0 0
2020 2.8 1.9 3 0 0
2019 4.5 1.8 5 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2017 4.3 2.1 4 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333923 · MI · Allendale

157 Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 20 employers in Allendale, 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 Unified Industries, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid Atlantic Crane and Equpiment 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Crane & Equipment Corporation Plant 1 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Neptune Boat Lifts LLC East 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midland Cogeneration Venture 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Battle Creek SC 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE GM & Sons, Inc. 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2683_5121 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods Co 303 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods, Allendale 288 FTE
CITY-NEAR 500282100 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIV. 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4021-500282100 110 FTE
NAT-TCR Sabin Metal Scottsville NY 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Diamond Food #4751 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Retal Pa, LLC 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Malta Fire Department 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE T&T Truck and Crane 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taylor & Fulton Packing LLC 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heartland PCA - Finlayson 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shur-Way Moving & Cartage Co. 101 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.