Transportation · Massachusetts

ABF Freight 186

Worcester, MA · ~27 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 186 runs at 272% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

ABF Freight 186: 12.3 TCR = 272% of Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 186 safety composite

ABF Freight 186 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

ABF Freight 186 injury rate improved

ABF Freight 186's TCR fell 0.4 from 7.5 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 32.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=9.0 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=32.9 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Worcester, MA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 272% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #33/42
  • PHOTO Finish Line Express
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Finish Line Express (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 186 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 186 averages 12.3 TCR (272% of the Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 186 TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=9 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=32.9 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=10.5 · 2023=13.3 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 186 falls in its industry

3,020 Transportation establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 42 Transportation employers in Massachusetts.

ABF Freight 186 (27 employees, TCR 12.3) 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 186
ABF Freight 186 (27 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 186 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 7.1 7.1 2 0 0
2023 13.3 10.0 4 0 0
2022 10.5 10.5 3 0 0
2021 7.2 7.2 2 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2019 32.9 32.9 8 0 0
2018 15.5 9.3 5 0 0
2017 9.0 6.0 3 0 0
2016 7.5 7.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · MA · Worcester

3,020 Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 248 employers in Worcester, MA · 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 Finish Line Express 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-RW-SJC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR XGS - Chicago 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 223 PONTIAC 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Profile - Dorchester 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES Salem Harbor Station 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE NORTH ANDOVER-METHUEN-MA30 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE TEWKSBURY-MA47 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR UMass Memorial Health 12,452 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-813 2,492 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Vincent hospital 1,965 FTE
CITY-NEAR NBC Distributors Inc 1,276 FTE
NAT-TCR YMCA of Memphis - Cordova 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hallmark Stone Company Acquisition LLC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Retreat at Lady's Island 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Franciscan Manor 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 073 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Colville 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Macedonia 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE WelMart, Inc. 27 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.