Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · Michigan

Fick & Sons, Inc

Grayling, MI · ~122 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fick & Sons, Inc runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade D.

Fick & Sons, Inc: 4.1 TCR = 120% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fick & Sons, Inc safety composite

Fick & Sons, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Fick & Sons, Inc: 4.2 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2024

Fick & Sons, Inc's TCR rose 0.7 from 4.2 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Grayling, MI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 120% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Long Oil Heat Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~122 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Long Oil Heat Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fick & Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fick & Sons, Inc averages 4.1 TCR (120% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Fick & Sons, Inc TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=6 · 2020=1.7 · 2021=5.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Fick & Sons, Inc falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in Michigan.

Fick & Sons, Inc (122 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 050100150 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fick & Sons, Inc
Fick & Sons, Inc (122 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Fick & Sons, Inc has more employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 4.9 4.9 4 0 0
2023 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.2 5.2 4 2 0
2020 1.7 1.7 2 0 0
2019 6.0 5.2 7 0 0
2018 6.9 5.9 7 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · MI · Grayling

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 32 employers in Grayling, 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 Long Oil Heat Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage propane - Huntsville, AL 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valley City Main Station 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R. F. White Co. Inc DBA WP Tank Lines 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wolgast Corporation 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Action Traffic Maintenance Inc. 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE JK Masonry Inc 122 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schad Boiler Setting Company 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grayling 829 FTE
CITY-NEAR Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grayling Hospital 551 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arauco North America 241 FTE
NAT-TCR Puget Sound Regional Services 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Clara Office 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Koger Air Corporation 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartford Wi 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1894 LKQ Newnan (GPS) 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lowes Foods #270 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC 122 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kearsley Operator LP 122 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.