General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · North Carolina

ASH-ODFL

Arden, NC · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ASH-ODFL runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

ASH-ODFL: 5.8 TCR = 128% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ASH-ODFL safety composite

ASH-ODFL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Rising injury rate

ASH-ODFL: 5.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 9.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2022

ASH-ODFL's TCR rose 0.8 from 5.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Arden, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #109/164
  • PHOTO POR-ODFL
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POR-ODFL (0.0 TCR gap)

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ASH-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ASH-ODFL averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS benchmark).

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

ASH-ODFL TCR series: 2016=5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=3 · 2022=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where ASH-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 48% 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 #109 safest of 164 General Freight Trucking, long employers in North Carolina.

ASH-ODFL (35 employees, TCR 5.8) 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 ASH-ODFL
ASH-ODFL (35 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ASH-ODFL has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, 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
2022 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 9.9 9.9 3 0 0
2019 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2018 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2016 5.0 2.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NC · Arden

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 77 employers in Arden, 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 POR-ODFL 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - DET 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Shop GA FXFE-ATLS 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chattanooga TN FXFE-CHA 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boykin Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE NEW COLONY SOW FARM 6276 -EST 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Goldsboro Field Services 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butterball LLC Hatchery # 2 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASHEVILLE NC 997 FTE
CITY-NEAR DUKE-ASHEVILLE 847 FTE
CITY-NEAR BorgWarner Asheville 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jabil Healthcare Asheville 566 FTE
NAT-TCR Backer Marathon Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR POR-ODFL 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GUFP 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City Store #860 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Par-Way Manufacturing 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apaca Van Lines 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHRG MD Ops 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yuma Regional Medical Center Women's Health Center 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.