General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · California

Arcata South

Arcata, CA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Arcata South runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Arcata South: 1.9 TCR = 41% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Arcata South safety composite

Arcata South scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.6

2017→2019

Arcata South injury rate improved

Arcata South's TCR fell 5.6 from 5.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Arcata, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #69/218
  • PHOTO Woodfield Trucking
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodfield Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)

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Arcata South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Arcata South averages 1.9 TCR (41% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Arcata South TCR series: 2017=5.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Arcata South falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 218 General freight trucking, long employers in California.

Arcata South (35 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Arcata South
Arcata South (35 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Arcata South has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 5.6 2.8 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · CA · Arcata

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 41 employers in Arcata, CA · 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 Woodfield Trucking 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Polman Transfer Inc 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300003230710653 - CA-French Camp-Schneider Field Office 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RLTL ALTOONA 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 52 1,571 FTE
CITY-NEAR Murphy's Markets Inc. 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kokatat, Inc. 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR North Coast Co-op Arcata 124 FTE
NAT-TCR Florida Public Utilities - NE Division 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Precor NC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR UniSource Energy Services (Electric) 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Beatrice Renewables Plant 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 250 South Street 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Marlborough 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insource Performance Solutions at Target 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hs Ems - Chambersburg 35 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.