Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Kentucky

Brown Transportation

Paducah, KY · ~22 workers · 4 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

Brown Transportation runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Brown Transportation: 1.9 TCR = 42% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brown Transportation safety composite

Brown Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

Brown Transportation held a steady TCR band

Brown Transportation's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.8 in 2018 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Paducah, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 42% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #17/47
  • PHOTO Oklahoma City Terminal
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oklahoma City Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brown Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brown Transportation averages 1.9 TCR (42% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Brown Transportation TCR series: 2018=3.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Brown Transportation falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 47 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Kentucky.

Brown Transportation (22 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 Brown Transportation
Brown Transportation (22 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Brown Transportation has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · KY · Paducah

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 198 employers in Paducah, KY · 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 Oklahoma City Terminal 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnstown (Onsite Walmart) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dot Transportation, Inc. Mt. Sterling 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300000170856149 - TX-Laredo-Operating Center 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clark tobacco farms inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lexington Meter Dept 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Light Distribution Department 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Franklin Street 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingram barge Company 2,071 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah Hospital 1,605 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Health Paducah 1,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baptist Heatlh Paducah 1,398 FTE
NAT-TCR Anslow Bryant Construction LTD 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR LINC 3567 - Tanner,AL - F 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Guest House of Milwaukee, Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Chicago 10000 Bessie Coleman Dr 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cascade Helicopter Services 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Tallgrass 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shelter One, Inc 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aspen Ridge Electric, Inc 22 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: 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.