Gravel hauling, local · Michigan

Verplank Trucking Co.

Ferrysburg, MI · ~70 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Verplank Trucking Co. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gravel hauling, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Verplank Trucking Co.: 6.3 TCR = 139% of Gravel hauling, local BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Verplank Trucking Co. safety composite

Verplank Trucking Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 21% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

Verplank Trucking Co.: 5.3 → 5.9 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024

Verplank Trucking Co.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 5.3 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Ferrysburg, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 139% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #18/22
  • PHOTO Mount Joy Farmers Co…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Joy Farmers Co-op Association (0.0 TCR gap)

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Verplank Trucking Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Verplank Trucking Co. averages 6.3 TCR (139% of the Gravel hauling, local BLS benchmark).

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

Verplank Trucking Co. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=11.6 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Verplank Trucking Co. falls in its industry

1,130 Gravel hauling, local establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 22 Gravel hauling, local employers in Michigan.

Verplank Trucking Co. (70 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Verplank Trucking Co.
Verplank Trucking Co. (70 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Verplank Trucking Co. has more employees than the Gravel hauling, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 5.9 4.7 5 0 0
2023 5.7 3.4 5 0 0
2022 3.9 2.6 3 0 0
2020 11.6 8.7 4 4 0
2019 4.2 2.8 3 0 0
2018 7.3 5.8 5 0 1
2016 5.3 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · MI · Ferrysburg

1,130 Gravel hauling, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 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 Mount Joy Farmers Co-op Association 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Offen Petroleum LLC 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMP Transportation Inc--Ravenna 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterett Heavy Hauling 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trail Street 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Christman Company - West Michigan 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Retail Contractors of Puerto Rico Inc 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earthcom, Inc. 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR Johnston Boiler Company 41 FTE
NAT-TCR Runnings DC of Marshall 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FLG002 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR UFP Milwaukee LLC dba Pak-Rite 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1879 - Chicago South Pulaski 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waseca Intermediate School 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE HCOCS13 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors Los Angeles 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reitnouer Inc 70 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.