Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers · Indiana

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment

Name: Palmer Power Truck and Equipment Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Indianapolis, IN · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment: 4.4 TCR = 200% of Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment safety composite

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment held a steady TCR band

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment's TCR held near 0.2 from 2.8 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Indianapolis, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 200% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #28/51
PHOTO Jakes - 2019
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jakes - 2019 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.4
Jakes - 2019

4.4
1204 RTC LOS A

4.4
Grand Junction

4.4
41

4.4

What this shows Palmer Power Truck and Equipment averages 4.4 TCR (200% of the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Palmer Power Truck and Equipment falls in its industry

1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 51 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa employers in Indiana.

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment (38 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Palmer Power Truck and Equipment has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2018	2.9	2.9	1
2017	7.5	7.5	2
2016	2.8	2.8	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · IN · Indianapolis

1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 2,074 employers in Indianapolis, IN · 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	Jakes - 2019	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1204 RTC LOS ANGELES	PICO RIVERA, CA	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grand Junction Peterbilt, Inc	FRUITA, CO	4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	41	CHINA GROVE, NC	4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Greenleaf Holdco LLC	SOUTH BEND	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Poultry Services, MPS Egg Farms	NORTH MANCHESTER	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Yale Corteva	PRINCETON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Marion Svc Ctr Bldg 1	MARION	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Indiana University Health, Inc	Indianapolis	7,874 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Methodist Hospital	Indianapolis	6,862 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Eli Lilly - Lilly Corp Center	Indianapolis	6,482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lilly Technology Center	Indianapolis	6,472 FTE
NAT-TCR	ShopRite of Danbury	Danbury, CT	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	BTD Manufacturing Washington	Washington, IL	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rushford Center Inc	Meriden, CT	4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	2904-ASM-AK	Any, AK	4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sodexo at Florida Memorial University	Miami Gardens, FL	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	REN121 Richmond	Stafford, VA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5171	Memphis, TN	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5113	Irving, TX	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, 2016. 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.