Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Wisconsin

Terry Palecek Inc.

Park Falls, WI · ~32 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Terry Palecek Inc. runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Terry Palecek Inc.: 9.4 TCR = 210% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Terry Palecek Inc. safety composite

Terry Palecek Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−4.3

2016→2021

Terry Palecek Inc. injury rate improved

Terry Palecek Inc.'s TCR fell 4.3 from 8.3 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=12.2 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=18.2 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Park Falls, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 210% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #140/145
  • PHOTO Cheyenne WY - Walmar…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cheyenne WY - Walmart - NON DOT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Terry Palecek Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Terry Palecek Inc. averages 9.4 TCR (210% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Terry Palecek Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=12.2 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=18.2 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=4 · BLS 4.5

Where Terry Palecek Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #140 safest of 145 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Wisconsin.

Terry Palecek Inc. (32 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 Terry Palecek Inc.
Terry Palecek Inc. (32 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Terry Palecek Inc. has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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
2021 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2020 7.2 3.6 2 0 0
2019 18.2 18.2 5 0 0
2018 6.9 3.5 2 0 0
2017 12.2 12.2 4 0 0
2016 8.3 8.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · WI · Park Falls

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 14 employers in Park Falls, WI · 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 Cheyenne WY - Walmart - NON DOT 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Salt Lake Terminal-NON DOT 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Landair Transport HSS 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMT Laredo 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Al's Apples Inc 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2404-De Forest, WI (Monsanto Co.) 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mackville 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Construction - Sub & Trans 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Flambeau River Papers, LLC. 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR flambeau hospital 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Croix of Park Falls, LTD 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weather Shield Mfg Inc.--- Park Falls Plant 15 181 FTE
NAT-TCR TDS Austin 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZOLL 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Department 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE SAN-M 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Imperia 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boeing Distribution Inc. - Parsippany 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Americold Gadsden, AL 32 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.