Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance · Iowa

Wess Inc

Clear Lake, IA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wess Inc runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Wess Inc: 1.5 TCR = 34% of Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wess Inc safety composite

Wess Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

Wess Inc held a steady TCR band

Wess Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Clear Lake, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO San Antonio Terminal
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: San Antonio Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wess Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wess Inc averages 1.5 TCR (34% of the Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Wess Inc TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Wess Inc falls in its industry

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, l establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Automobile carrier trucking, l employers in Iowa.

Wess Inc (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wess Inc
Wess Inc (29 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Wess Inc has fewer employees than the Automobile carrier trucking, long-distan median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.1 6.1 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IA · Clear Lake

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 25 employers in Clear Lake, IA · 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 San Antonio Terminal 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Xtreme Truckin, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR S.S. Hert Trucking, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHS - Joplin (MGO) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML Forest City 0016 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Valley Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR One Vision 628 FTE
CITY-NEAR 10D8145 PHARMA CLEAR LAKE 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3495-10D8145 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Serta Simmons Bedding 160 FTE
NAT-TCR Mi Cocina - 5760 Legacy Dr, Plano 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR J.R. Filanc Construction Company, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Wireline - San Antonio, TX 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Virgin River 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morrisette Paper Company - Raleigh 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morrisette Paper Company - Duncan 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beltrami County Judicial Center 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE 45th Street 29 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.