Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Local · Michigan

Detroit Transportation

Melvindale, MI · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Detroit Transportation runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Local workplace, earning a grade A.

Detroit Transportation: 0.8 TCR = 18% of Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Detroit Transportation safety composite

Detroit Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Detroit Transportation held a steady TCR band

Detroit Transportation's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Melvindale, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/103
  • PHOTO GLENDI INC.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GLENDI INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Detroit Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Detroit Transportation averages 0.8 TCR (18% of the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Local BLS benchmark).

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

Detroit Transportation TCR series: 2016=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Detroit Transportation falls in its industry

2,784 Specialized Freight (except Us establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

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 103 Specialized Freight (except Us employers in Michigan.

Detroit Transportation (24 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Detroit Transportation
Detroit Transportation (24 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Detroit Transportation has fewer employees than the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · MI · Melvindale

2,784 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 17 employers in Melvindale, 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 GLENDI INC. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cal Cartage Warehousing & Transloading LLC-3516 S. MILITARY HWY 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leonard's Express, Inc NY 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Palletized Trucking, Inc.- Collingsworth 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Medina Dairy, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sturgis 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE CE Innovation Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Filtration and Meter Shop 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allen Road Center 510 FTE
CITY-NEAR Evans Distribution Systems - Headquarters 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mill Steel Melvindale 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Four Star Transportation 67 FTE
NAT-TCR USA Memphis 3593 Airways Blvd 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FTC Solar 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bel Air 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kilo Automation, LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE DCA 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mallard Cleaning Systems LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mama'S Garden Center 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrier Commercial Services (Tampa) 24 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, 2022, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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