Freight Trucking LTL · Texas

522 Austin

Austin, TX · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

522 Austin runs at 162% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

522 Austin: 7.3 TCR = 162% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

522 Austin safety composite

522 Austin scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−2.9

2016→2018

522 Austin injury rate improved

522 Austin's TCR fell 2.9 from 8.8 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2018=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 162% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #191/237
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - BIR
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - BIR (0.0 TCR gap)

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522 Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 522 Austin averages 7.3 TCR (162% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

522 Austin TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2018=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where 522 Austin falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #191 safest of 237 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Texas.

522 Austin (30 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 522 Austin
522 Austin (30 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

522 Austin has fewer employees than the Freight Trucking LTL median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2016 8.8 5.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Austin

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, TX · 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 R+L Carriers - BIR 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knoxville 074 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR STC-ODFL 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 814 FRESNO 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coyote Lake Feeders LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dimmitt Feedyard 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Hereford 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR LGA LaGuardia Airport 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Save A Lot #417 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 39-60-Alsip 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain Home 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE DB Schenker Inc. - (Triumph Aerosystems-Tulsa) 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Benedict 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Thornley's Service Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bedford Park Sheet 30 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: 2018, 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.