Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) · California

Marx Towing, Inc.

Gilroy, CA · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Marx Towing, Inc. runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) workplace, earning a grade B.

Marx Towing, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 69% of Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Marx Towing, Inc. safety composite

Marx Towing, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.6

2017→2023

Marx Towing, Inc. injury rate improved

Marx Towing, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.6 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=4.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488410 · Gilroy, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/48
  • PHOTO Jack James Towing, I…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jack James Towing, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Marx Towing, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Marx Towing, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (69% of the Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS benchmark).

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

Marx Towing, Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=4 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Marx Towing, Inc. falls in its industry

157 Emergency road services (i.e., establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 48 Emergency road services (i.e., employers in California.

Marx Towing, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Marx Towing, Inc.
Marx Towing, Inc. (21 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 40 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Marx Towing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Emergency road services (i.e., tow servi median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488410 · CA · Gilroy

157 Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 113 employers in Gilroy, CA · 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 Jack James Towing, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR East End Towing 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Voigt Inc DBA Smitty's Towing West 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Towing & Transport Burbank 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 9 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Christopher Ranch LLC 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0010-00100005 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olam West Coast 450 FTE
NAT-TCR Crookston 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1 COLUMBUS, OH 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Land N' Sea - Kellogg 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR LNK - 22 Arkay 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Branch 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keystone Lawn Company, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Environmental Reconditioning, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Planeport 21 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 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.