Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Michigan

J&L Transport, Inc.

Kawkawlin, MI · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

J&L Transport, Inc. runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

J&L Transport, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 73% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J&L Transport, Inc. safety composite

J&L Transport, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

J&L Transport, Inc.: 0.0 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

J&L Transport, Inc.'s TCR rose 6.6 from 0.0 in 2021 to 6.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Kawkawlin, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 73% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #50/89
  • PHOTO Martinsburg Terminal
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Martinsburg Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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J&L Transport, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J&L Transport, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (73% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

J&L Transport, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 4.5

Where J&L Transport, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #50 safest of 89 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Michigan.

J&L Transport, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate J&L Transport, Inc.
J&L Transport, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

J&L Transport, Inc. has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 6.6 6.6 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MI · Kawkawlin

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 8 employers in Kawkawlin, 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 Martinsburg Terminal 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300003577598376 - IL-Chicago-4358 W 35th 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amazing Logistics Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Larry Williams Trucking LLC 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Walther Farms Cass City 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE United States Gypsum 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesee Power Station 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bronson SC 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dore's Stores Inc. 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roese Pipeline - Main 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Huron Woods Nursing Center 77 FTE
NAT-TCR The Residence at Boylston Place 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 17 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR W Seattle 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Harlingen Tx - 841 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Magee Electric Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Champion Window of Kansas City 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moss Point 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milwaukee Regional Medical Center Thermal 26 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, 2021. 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.