General freight trucking, local · Ohio
1st Express Inc.
Toledo, OH · ~41 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1st Express Inc. runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade A.
1st Express Inc.: 1.4 TCR = 32% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1st Express Inc. safety composite
1st Express Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.44 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.23 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% 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
1st Express Inc.: 1.8 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.24× in 2024
1st Express Inc.'s TCR rose 1.4 from 1.8 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484110 · Toledo, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #29/186
- PHOTO D.G. Coleman Inc.
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: D.G. Coleman Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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1st Express Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
1st Express Inc.
1.4 TCR
- D.G. Coleman I
D.G. Coleman Inc.
1.4 TCR
- Diaz Stone and
Diaz Stone and Pallet Inc
1.4 TCR
- Women Truck Br
Women Truck Brokers, Inc.
1.4 TCR
- Maiers Transpo
Maiers Transport and Warehousing Inc
1.4 TCR
What this shows 1st Express Inc. averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).
1st Express Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.5
Where 1st Express Inc. falls in its industry
2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 186 General freight trucking, loca employers in Ohio.
1st Express Inc. has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484110 · OH · Toledo
2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 551 employers in Toledo, OH · 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 | D.G. Coleman Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diaz Stone and Pallet Inc | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Women Truck Brokers, Inc. | 1.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maiers Transport and Warehousing Inc | 1.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Great Lakes Growers LLC | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hoover Gardens & Gifts | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loadout Building | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harrison Hub FRAC | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toledo Assembly Complex | 5,508 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Toledo Hospital | 5,002 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Toledo Hospital | 4,912 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Promedica Downtown Headquarters | 3,308 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CMC Recycling Liberty | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John Jones Automotive Dealerships Inc | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jackson SC | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bay City SC | 1.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pinnacle Inc - Benton KY | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Landcare Landscaping | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PGLA | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northwest Contracting Services, Inc. | 41 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.