Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Michigan

WDS Enterprises Inc.

Shepherd, MI · ~98 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

WDS Enterprises Inc. runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

WDS Enterprises Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 61% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

WDS Enterprises Inc. safety composite

WDS Enterprises Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2016→2022

WDS Enterprises Inc. injury rate improved

WDS Enterprises Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 3.2 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.7 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Shepherd, MI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #43/89
  • PHOTO TransAm Trucking, In…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TransAm Trucking, Inc. - Olathe Main (0.0 TCR gap)

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WDS Enterprises Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows WDS Enterprises Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (61% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

WDS Enterprises Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=5.1 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=0.7 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=2 · BLS 4.5

Where WDS Enterprises Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 89 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Michigan.

WDS Enterprises Inc. (98 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 WDS Enterprises Inc.
WDS Enterprises Inc. (98 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

WDS Enterprises Inc. has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a lower 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
2022 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 3.3 0.8 3 1 1
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2017 5.1 2.5 6 0 0
2016 3.2 3.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MI · Shepherd

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 4 employers in Shepherd, 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 TransAm Trucking, Inc. - Olathe Main 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arcadia (Onsite Walmart) 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chief Express, LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advantage Transportation Inc 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lansing Office 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4039-03822500-00W001 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE D&W MECHANICAL 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ann Arbor Ceiling & Partition, LLC 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR C & R Electric - Main Office 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Highland Plastics, Inc. 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Alma Logistics, Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Granada Post Acute 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal CT -Fort Worth CT 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Mule Hide Manufacturing 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 283474-Hannibal Po 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tribe 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3322 Family Fresh Market(River Falls Wi) 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2073-SW-20730067-FO 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Reservoir Ctr for Health and Rehab 98 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: 2022, 2021, 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.