Transportation · Pennsylvania

ABF Freight 185

Aston, PA · ~36 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 185 runs at 333% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 185: 15.0 TCR = 333% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 185 safety composite

ABF Freight 185 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−13.1

2016→2024

ABF Freight 185 injury rate improved

ABF Freight 185's TCR fell 13.1 from 22.5 in 2016 to 9.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.5 · 2017=19.2 · 2018=11.0 · 2019=17.4 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=16.7 · 2023=13.7 · 2024=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Aston, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.0 · 333% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #116/120
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 234
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 234 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 185 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 185 averages 15.0 TCR (333% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 185 TCR series: 2016=22.5 · 2017=19.2 · 2018=11 · 2019=17.4 · 2020=17.1 · 2021=8.1 · 2022=16.7 · 2023=13.7 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 185 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #116 safest of 120 Transportation employers in Pennsylvania.

ABF Freight 185 (36 employees, TCR 15.0) 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 ABF Freight 185
ABF Freight 185 (36 employees, TCR 15.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 185 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 9.4 2.4 4 0 0
2023 13.7 2.3 6 0 0
2022 16.7 11.9 7 0 0
2021 8.1 8.1 3 0 0
2020 17.1 17.1 6 0 0
2019 17.4 13.9 5 0 0
2018 11.0 8.2 4 0 0
2017 19.2 11.0 7 0 0
2016 22.5 15.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · PA · Aston

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 71 employers in Aston, PA · 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 234 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - WFD 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1230 SPRINGFIELD 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACC-ORD 15.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE George Didden Greenhouses, Inc. 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Altoona 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE UGI Penn Natural Gas Williamsport 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS - PA - Fairless Hills 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grid One Solutions 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grid One Solutions - 194 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grid One Solutions - 196 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madison Industrial Services Team 206 FTE
NAT-TCR TX-MUS-TEXAS 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Eastman Brass Instruments, LLC 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ridgeview Health Services 15.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Law Motor Freight, Inc. 15.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 060 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Medford 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Speyside Bourbon Stave Mill in Ohio 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Distribution Inc 36 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.