Towing services, motor vehicle · Michigan

Joe Ballor Towing Inc.

New Haven, MI · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Towing services, motor vehicle workplace, earning a grade D.

Joe Ballor Towing Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 166% of Towing services, motor vehicle BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. safety composite

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.4

2017→2018

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. injury rate improved

Joe Ballor Towing Inc.'s TCR fell 3.4 from 9.2 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2018=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488410 · New Haven, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 166% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #5/8
  • PHOTO United Towing Vestav…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: United Towing Vestavia Hills (0.1 TCR gap)

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Joe Ballor Towing Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Joe Ballor Towing Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (166% of the Towing services, motor vehicle BLS benchmark).

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

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2018=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Joe Ballor Towing Inc. falls in its industry

157 Towing services, motor vehicle establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Towing services, motor vehicle employers in Michigan.

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Joe Ballor Towing Inc.
Joe Ballor Towing Inc. (38 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Joe Ballor Towing Inc. has fewer employees than the Towing services, motor vehicle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2018 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2017 9.2 9.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488410 · MI · New Haven

157 Towing services, motor vehicle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in New Haven, 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 United Towing Vestavia Hills 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fortes Brothers Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAA Club Alliance Cinn Fleet 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAA Club Alliance Woodlawn MD 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Westview Orchards 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville (Indoor) 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Lakes Packing Co. Kewadin 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE McConnell & Scully, Inc. 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centerless Rebuilders, Inc 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taco Bell - #21131 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Store 0341 19 FTE
NAT-TCR 0024 - Reno, Nv 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Legends - Jiffy Lube Live 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Du Bois (Padub) 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harvey (Lahav) 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE RailWorks Transit 2nd Avenue 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Bloomfield LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 120 Rider Avenue PCH Operating Company, LP 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skyline Surgery Center 38 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: 2018, 2017. 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.