Transportation · North Carolina

ABF Freight 051

Kernersville, NC · ~223 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 051 runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade C.

ABF Freight 051: 4.3 TCR = 96% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 051 safety composite

ABF Freight 051 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.0

2016→2024

ABF Freight 051 injury rate improved

ABF Freight 051's TCR fell 4.0 from 7.7 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Kernersville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #78/164
  • PHOTO Akron OH FXFE-AKR
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 113 inj
  • SIZE ~223 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Akron OH FXFE-AKR (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 051 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 051 averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 051 TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 051 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 164 Transportation employers in North Carolina.

ABF Freight 051 (223 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 ABF Freight 051
ABF Freight 051 (223 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 051 has more employees than the Transportation median and a lower 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 3.7 1.4 11 0 0
2023 3.5 2.6 11 0 0
2022 4.3 3.3 13 0 0
2021 3.1 3.1 9 0 0
2020 3.6 1.8 10 0 0
2019 3.1 2.3 8 0 0
2018 2.5 0.7 7 0 0
2017 7.3 3.5 21 0 0
2016 7.7 5.3 23 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NC · Kernersville

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 93 employers in Kernersville, NC · 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 Akron OH FXFE-AKR 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR POM-ODFL 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR spur 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAS-UNI 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Burgaw 223 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sapona Manufacturing Company, Inc. 223 FTE
STATE-SIZE Patrick yarns 223 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mebane Facility 223 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-GRNB 1,399 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - GSO1 968 FTE
CITY-NEAR 274 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Kernersville 782 FTE
NAT-TCR DHL Mahi Staffing, LLC. 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Hixson 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheltair Aviation MLB 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rock Island 10426 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 55th Street Center 223 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ameripack Foods LLC 223 FTE
NAT-SIZE Deublin Company 223 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ability Building Community 223 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.