General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Michigan

KMZ

Kalamazoo, MI · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KMZ runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade F.

KMZ: 11.8 TCR = 263% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KMZ safety composite

KMZ scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

KMZ: 5.9 → 17.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.17× in 2018

KMZ's TCR rose 11.9 from 5.9 in 2017 to 17.8 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Kalamazoo, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 263% of ind

  • DART 13.9 DART
  • RANK #89/95
  • PHOTO XAB
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: XAB (0.0 TCR gap)

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KMZ in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KMZ averages 11.8 TCR (263% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

KMZ TCR series: 2017=5.9 · 2018=17.8 · BLS 4.5

Where KMZ falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 95 General freight trucking, long employers in Michigan.

KMZ (52 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate KMZ
KMZ (52 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

KMZ has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 17.8 13.9 9 0 0
2017 5.9 5.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · MI · Kalamazoo

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 353 employers in Kalamazoo, 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 XAB 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lehighton 059 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 468 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Harbor - EW/ID - 007 - SPO 11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE C3 Industries, Inc - Webberville 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenwood Energy Center 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hastings SC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dollins Construction Inc dba Cowhy Hayes 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bronson Methodist Hospital 4,909 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pfizer Kalamazoo - Portage Road 3,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Stryker Instruments 2,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-MIKAL1 2,103 FTE
NAT-TCR Schlitterbahn NP Water Resort Management, LLC 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Safety Administration/Accident Tracking 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Scalise 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : TUS1 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foss - Portland 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE JX Truck Center 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA-US-MA-Fall River-Commerce Drive 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE S05731 - Salt Lake MRF 52 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.

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

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