School bus services · Michigan

Transportation Department

Highland, MI · ~87 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Transportation Department runs at 182% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical School bus services workplace, earning a grade D.

Transportation Department: 8.2 TCR = 182% of School bus services BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Transportation Department safety composite

Transportation Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−11.5

2016→2020

Transportation Department injury rate improved

Transportation Department's TCR fell 11.5 from 15.0 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485410 · Highland, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.2 · 182% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #66/74
  • PHOTO Dean Transportation,…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Transportation Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Transportation Department averages 8.2 TCR (182% of the School bus services BLS benchmark).

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

Transportation Department TCR series: 2016=15 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=11.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Transportation Department falls in its industry

1,574 School bus services establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 74 School bus services employers in Michigan.

Transportation Department (87 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Transportation Department
Transportation Department (87 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Transportation Department has more employees than the School bus services 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2020 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2018 11.5 11.5 7 0 0
2017 7.8 7.8 5 0 0
2016 15.0 15.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485410 · MI · Highland

1,574 School bus services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 19 employers in Highland, 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 Dean Transportation, Inc. - Traverse City 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butler's Bus Service-Royalton 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3068 CENTRAL REGION-MILWAUKEE 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 27042 Minnesota Training Center 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Leitz Farms LLC 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Masterpiece Flower Company LLC - Merchandising (IL) 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walkent 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE George W. Auch Company 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Feldman Chevrolet of Highland 257 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milford High School 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Midwest Glass Fabrictors 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Administration Building 145 FTE
NAT-TCR Fey Industries 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR National Fuel Gas Distribution Tonawanda Servicenter 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mt. St. Vincent Care Center 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CFI-LAX 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dawg Inc DBA TheBestIRS 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE GSI : Flora 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 0243 RALEIGH 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Akrotex Inc 87 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.