Freight forwarding · Illinois

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD

Franklin, IL · ~109 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Freight forwarding workplace, earning a grade B.

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD: 2.8 TCR = 63% of Freight forwarding BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD safety composite

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.8

2019→2022

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD injury rate improved

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD's TCR fell 0.8 from 3.6 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.6 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488510 · Franklin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 63% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #23/28
  • PHOTO Ruan Transport Corpo…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ruan Transport Corporation T-347 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD averages 2.8 TCR (63% of the Freight forwarding BLS benchmark).

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

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD TCR series: 2019=3.6 · 2020=1.9 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD falls in its industry

358 Freight forwarding establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Freight forwarding employers in Illinois.

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD (109 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD
Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD (109 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Apex Logistics International Inc. ORD has more employees than the Freight forwarding median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 4 0 0
2020 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488510 · IL · Franklin

358 Freight forwarding employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Ruan Transport Corporation T-347 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ruan Transport Corporation T-667 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nogales Center 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR McAllen Center 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE PRI1 Princeton, IL 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Illinois American Water (Corperate Office) 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE ibuilders corp 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Chicago Downtown South 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hamilton's Catering Inc 57 FTE
NAT-TCR Wright County- Parks & Recreation 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR SweetWorks Confections LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Hca-Montgomery Regional Hospit 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Fannie Mae - Midtown Cafe 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monroe Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1204 - NLCM Half Moon Bay 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cannon Automotive 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Signify Memphis DC. (SMRU80520) 109 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, 2020, 2019. 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.