Transportation · Connecticut

ABF Freight 043

Orange, CT · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
24.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 043 runs at 554% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 043: 24.9 TCR = 554% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 043 safety composite

ABF Freight 043 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 24.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 34.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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

ABF Freight 043: 10.9 → 47.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 47.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.38× in 2024

ABF Freight 043's TCR rose 36.4 from 10.9 in 2016 to 47.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Orange, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 24.9 · 554% of ind

  • DART 34.4 DART
  • RANK #24/24
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 154
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 154 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 043 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 043 averages 24.9 TCR (554% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 043 TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2017=19 · 2018=6.9 · 2019=37.1 · 2020=36.6 · 2021=36.5 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=22.5 · 2024=47.3 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 043 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 24 Transportation employers in Connecticut.

ABF Freight 043 (25 employees, TCR 24.9) 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate ABF Freight 043
ABF Freight 043 (25 employees, TCR 24.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 043 has fewer employees than the Transportation 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
2024 47.3 34.4 11 0 0
2023 22.5 22.5 6 0 0
2022 7.7 3.9 2 0 0
2021 36.5 36.5 9 0 0
2020 36.6 36.6 8 1 0
2019 37.1 32.5 8 0 0
2018 6.9 6.9 2 0 0
2017 19.0 15.8 6 0 0
2016 10.9 5.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · CT · Orange

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 60 employers in Orange, CT · 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 ABF Freight 154 25.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Harbor - NCA/NV - 948 - COR 24.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABF Freight 153 25.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-140 YT 25.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Woodstock Building Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE E&N Associates, LLC 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clearheart Construction Company, Inc 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Northeast Companies 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR UIL/United Illuminating 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Illuminating 689 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Connecticut Gas Company-Orange 305 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southern Connecticut Gas 301 FTE
NAT-TCR McArthur Manor Assisted Living 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Allina Health Emergency Medical Services Buffalo 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Happy Travels Delivery 24.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Waterview Pines 24.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 335 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 416 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 074 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anson Mechanical Piping Inc 25 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.