Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers · Michigan
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky
Sandusky, MI · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky: 3.4 TCR = 154% of Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky safety composite
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky: 2.0 → 4.7 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2023
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky's TCR rose 2.7 from 2.0 in 2018 to 4.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Sandusky, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 154% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #11/19
- PHOTO Paullina
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Paullina (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky
3.4 TCR
- Paullina
Paullina
3.4 TCR
- Woodburn
Woodburn
3.4 TCR
- C & B Operatio
C & B Operations Blackfoot
3.4 TCR
- Flint Equipmen
Flint Equipment Company Ag Turf - Cordele
3.4 TCR
What this shows Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky averages 3.4 TCR (154% of the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky TCR series: 2018=2 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky falls in its industry
700 Planting machinery and equipme establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 19 Planting machinery and equipme employers in Michigan.
Tri County Equipment, Inc - Sandusky has more employees than the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · MI · Sandusky
700 Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 22 employers in Sandusky, 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 | Paullina | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Woodburn | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C & B Operations Blackfoot | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flint Equipment Company Ag Turf - Cordele | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Solution Farms | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DBA FALKNER FARMS | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ROB MAINTENANCE | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EDL Energy | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vibracoustic | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | McKenzie Health System | 247 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 3632 | 237 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ASCO Numatics, LP | 222 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Spring Market #708 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Benchmark Electronics Moorpark | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shearer's Foods, LLC - Ft. Worth | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | LiDestri Fresno | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Services - Williamson | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lucasville Service Center | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Franklin Building Supply - Jerome Truss Plant | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Coqui Net | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.