Freight Trucking LTL · Minnesota

6284-HL-OW

Owatonna, MN · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

6284-HL-OW runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

6284-HL-OW: 8.0 TCR = 177% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

6284-HL-OW safety composite

6284-HL-OW scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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%).

Rising injury rate

6284-HL-OW: 6.2 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2022

6284-HL-OW's TCR rose 3.6 from 6.2 in 2021 to 9.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #27/46
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - DAN
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

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

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6284-HL-OW in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 6284-HL-OW averages 8.0 TCR (177% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

6284-HL-OW TCR series: 2021=6.2 · 2022=9.8 · BLS 4.5

Where 6284-HL-OW falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 46 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Minnesota.

6284-HL-OW (44 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 6284-HL-OW
6284-HL-OW (44 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

6284-HL-OW 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
2022 9.8 7.8 5 0 0
2021 6.2 4.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · MN · Owatonna

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, MN · 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 - DAN 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 52-NEWBURGH 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holland - AP 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR XFM 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE West River 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monticello Training Ctr-LL 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Treatment Facility 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE WasteWater Treatment Facility 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR HG128 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 051980-Cypress Po 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 054515-Lax-Edendale Sta 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 497548-Roy Po 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1589 FAMILY FARE -Jenison, MI FF, LLC #38-2750461 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kreider Farms - Donegal Egg 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1700 Woodbourne Road 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG730 44 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.