Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local · Pennsylvania

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc.

Name: Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Allentown, PA · ~322 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 105% of Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. safety composite

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc.: 4.0 → 5.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2018

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 4.0 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Allentown, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.7 · 105% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #88/194
PHOTO Carew Trucking Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~322 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carew Trucking Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (105% of the Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4 · 2018=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #88 safest of 194 Transfer (trucking) services, employers in Pennsylvania.

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. (322 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Mesko Spotting Service, Inc. has more employees than the Transfer (trucking) services, general fr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	5.4	2.7	14	0	0
2017	4.0	3.8	20	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · PA · Allentown

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 447 employers in Allentown, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Carew Trucking Inc.	APPLETON, WI	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Agile Logistics LLC	NEWARK, NJ	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HDS W Jefferson	WEST JEFFERSON, OH	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hess Trucking Harrisburg	HARRISBURG, PA	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MCB	MECHANICSBURG	322 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Refining Group- Bradford	BRADFORD	322 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Frank B. Fuhrer Holdings, Inc.	PITTSBURGH	322 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation - Conshohocken	CONSHOHOCKEN	323 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lehigh Valley Hospital	Allentown	9,463 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1200SCC	Allentown	6,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Main Campus	Allentown	2,118 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LOCATION 48042	Allentown	1,728 FTE
NAT-TCR	Holland - SB	South Bend, IN	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Electrical Contractor Incorperated	Covington, GA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Milan Supply Chain Solutions	Jackson`, TN	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	RentalMax LLC	Wheaton, IL	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Holland - GR	Wayland, MI	322 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sfmb Management, LLC	Tampa, FL	322 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Ups Store Inc. (Casai)	San Diego, CA	322 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gaffney (Scgny)	Gaffney, SC	322 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.