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

Brothers Express, Inc.

Name: Brothers Express, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Ft. Wayne, IN · ~138 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Brothers Express, Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Brothers Express, Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 71% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brothers Express, Inc. safety composite

Brothers Express, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−1.6

2019→2022

Brothers Express, Inc. injury rate improved

Brothers Express, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 4.0 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.0 · 2022=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Ft. Wayne, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #56/125
PHOTO Fortrans, Inc.
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~138 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fortrans, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.2
Romeoville, IL

3.2
Zenith - Conov

3.2

What this shows Brothers Express, Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Brothers Express, Inc. TCR series: 2019=4 · 2022=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Brothers Express, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 125 General freight trucking, long employers in Indiana.

Brothers Express, Inc. (138 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Brothers Express, Inc. has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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
2022	2.4	2.4	5	0	0
2019	4.0	2.3	7	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IN · Ft. Wayne

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 33 employers in Ft. Wayne, IN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Fortrans, Inc.	FORT ATKINSON, WI	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MOBILE TERMINAL	THEODORE, AL	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Romeoville, IL - 1100 West Airport Road	ROMEOVILLE, IL	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zenith - Conover	CONOVER, NC	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Micronutrients USA, LLC	INDIANAPOLIS	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Edinburgh, IN - Flexible Pkg - E013	EDINBURGH	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crown Packagin International/Polycon Industries, Inc.	CROWN POINT	138 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thermafiber Inc, Wabash Plant	WABASH	138 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LCI - 077	Ft. Wayne	229 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FT WAYNE REFURB CENTER	Ft. Wayne	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ft. Wayne Hospice	Ft. Wayne	136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tradesmen International Ft. Wayne	Ft. Wayne	84 FTE
NAT-TCR	Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical Madison Office	Madison, WI	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Artisan Display, Inc.	Red Hill, PA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	159 - Wadsworth	Wadsworth, OH	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	544 - Copperfield	Cypress, TX	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	MGI-ODFL	Montgomery, IL	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metal Craft Engineering	Elk River, MN	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Life Care Center of Post Falls	Post Falls, ID	138 FTE
NAT-SIZE	356 - O'Fallon	O'Fallon, MO	138 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, 2019. 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.