General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · Michigan

Sweet Express, LLC

Name: Sweet Express, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Kentwood, MI · ~215 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sweet Express, LLC runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload workplace, earning a grade C.

Sweet Express, LLC: 4.3 TCR = 96% of General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sweet Express, LLC safety composite

Sweet Express, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−78.1

2016→2018

Sweet Express, LLC injury rate improved

Sweet Express, LLC's TCR fell 78.1 from 81.1 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 81.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=81.1 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Kentwood, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #61/89
PHOTO Blackhawk Transport …
BOOK 3y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~215 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blackhawk Transport Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Sweet Express, LLC averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS benchmark).

Sweet Express, LLC TCR series: 2016=81.1 · 2017=5.7 · 2018=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Sweet Express, LLC falls in its industry

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 89 General Freight Trucking, Long employers in Michigan.

Sweet Express, LLC (215 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Sweet Express, LLC has more 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
2018	3.0	3.0	8	0
2017	5.7	5.7	11	1
2016	81.1	54.0	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MI · Kentwood

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 122 employers in Kentwood, MI · 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	Blackhawk Transport Inc	BELOIT, WI	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RL Transport, LLC	CASSVILLE, MO	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Mies & Sons - Colwich	COLWICH, KS	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	S&J Potashnick Transp., Inc	SIKESTON, MO	4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Indian Summer Coop	LUDINGTON	215 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mueller Brass Company	PORT HURON	215 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Flex-N-Gate Michigan	WARREN	215 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brunswick Bowling Products	MUSKEGON	215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ventra Grand Rapids Plant 5	Kentwood	1,274 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Food Solutions, LLC - H1	Kentwood	656 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hearthside Food Solutions H5	Kentwood	346 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Trees LLC 484	Kentwood	346 FTE
NAT-TCR	New Jersey	Parsippany, NJ	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Marietta (Ohmar)	Marietta, OH	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Imperial Dade Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Aerobraze OKC	Oklahoma City, OK	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Goodrich Aerostructures	Foley, AL	215 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Auburn (Meaub)	Auburn, ME	215 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Husqvarna Plastics	Nashville, AR	215 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TampaShip LLC	Tampa, FL	215 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.