General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · Michigan

MTS Detroit

Detroit, MI · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MTS Detroit runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload workplace, earning a grade D.

MTS Detroit: 5.8 TCR = 128% of General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MTS Detroit safety composite

MTS Detroit scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.2

2023→2024

MTS Detroit injury rate improved

MTS Detroit's TCR fell 2.2 from 6.9 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=6.9 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Detroit, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #71/89
  • PHOTO CHAPMAN TRUCKING INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHAPMAN TRUCKING INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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MTS Detroit in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MTS Detroit averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS benchmark).

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

MTS Detroit TCR series: 2023=6.9 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where MTS Detroit falls in its industry

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long establishments

Safer than 19% 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 #71 safest of 89 General Freight Trucking, Long employers in Michigan.

MTS Detroit (59 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 MTS Detroit
MTS Detroit (59 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

MTS Detroit has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, 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 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2023 6.9 6.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MI · Detroit

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 673 employers in Detroit, 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 CHAPMAN TRUCKING INC 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sierra Pacific Industries 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wood Lake 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENDRICKSON TRUCK LINES INC 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Smart Vision Lights 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4066_7855 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand Traverse County Road Commission 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Metropolitan Concrete Corp. 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Hospital 8,838 FTE
CITY-NEAR Detroit Campus 8,632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delta Air Lines - DTW 6,640 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Motors Corporation 5,241 FTE
NAT-TCR Manor of the Plains 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kolcraft Enterprises Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Linden Court 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks Services 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Superior Concrete Products, LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reid & Miller Inc. dba Busby Cabinets 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pete Lien Sons,Inc. 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE 162 Countryside 59 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, 2023. 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.