General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Tennessee
Big G Express Inc
Shelbyville, TN · ~623 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 2
- Fatalities
The verdict
Big G Express Inc runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Big G Express Inc: 2.9 TCR = 64% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Big G Express Inc safety composite
Big G Express Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 2
Safer than 1% 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
Big G Express Inc: 2.0 → 2.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2024
Big G Express Inc's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.0 in 2017 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Shelbyville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 64% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #58/128
- PHOTO New Creation Transpo…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 199 inj
- SIZE ~623 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: New Creation Transport Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Big G Express Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Big G Express Inc
2.9 TCR
- New Creation T
New Creation Transport Inc.
2.9 TCR
- Heartland Expr
Heartland Express Carlisle
2.9 TCR
- PAM Transport
PAM Transport - Laredo, TX
2.9 TCR
- Knoxville/Leno
Knoxville/Lenoir City Terminal-DOT
2.9 TCR
What this shows Big G Express Inc averages 2.9 TCR (64% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Big G Express Inc TCR series: 2017=2 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Big G Express Inc falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #58 safest of 128 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.
Big G Express Inc has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · TN · Shelbyville
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 56 employers in Shelbyville, TN · 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 | New Creation Transport Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heartland Express Carlisle | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PAM Transport - Laredo, TX | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Knoxville/Lenoir City Terminal-DOT | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JFSNA at Eastman Chemical Kingsport | 624 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carlex Nashville | 624 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Malibu Boats, LLC TN Operations | 622 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center | 624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Shelbyville Plant | 1,399 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bedford County Board of Education | 1,034 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 6062 | 588 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6062 | 499 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Airways Corporation | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Melrose Park 10453 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilmington Ma Distribution Center | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Msgul - Gulfport | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Warmerdam Packing, LLC | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wayne County Airport Authority | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Behavioral Framework | 623 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trump International Hotel Las Vegas | 623 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.