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

Burns Motor Freight, Inc.

Name: Burns Motor Freight, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Marlinton, WV · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Burns Motor Freight, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 92% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. safety composite

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Burns Motor Freight, Inc.: 4.4 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.28× in 2024

Burns Motor Freight, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.8 from 4.4 in 2018 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Marlinton, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 92% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #9/12
PHOTO Purdy Brothers Truck…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Purdy Brothers Trucking Loudon, TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Burns Motor Freight, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (92% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.4 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Burns Motor Freight, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in West Virginia.

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. (59 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Burns Motor Freight, Inc. has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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
2024	5.3	5.3	4
2023	2.7	2.7	2
2018	4.4	3.3	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · WV · Marlinton

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Marlinton, WV · 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	Purdy Brothers Trucking Loudon, TN	LOUDON, TN	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Combined Carriers Co.	PUYALLUP, WA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Shaker Transport	WATERFORD, NY	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ingevity Ozark Logistics	RED OAK, TX	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hope Gas-Clarksburg HDQR	CLARKSBURG	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ryan Construction Services, Inc.	BRIDGEPORT	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Easley & Rivers, Inc.	MORGANTOWN	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Royal Crown Bottling Co. of Hagerstown	RANSON	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	352 POCAHONTAS CENTER	Marlinton	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	9288-352	Marlinton	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marlinton	Marlinton	23 FTE
NAT-TCR	Kerr Hickory	Hickory, NC	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	At Home Stores #197	Manchester, CT	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Auria Holmesville LLC	Holmesville, OH	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	CMC Rebar Hawaii	Kapolei, HI	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SHI-II Warwick, LLC	Warwick, RI	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ready Cable - Houston	Houston, TX	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Valley Express, Inc.	Mapleton, ND	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Western Billing	Henderson, NV	59 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, 2023, 2018. 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.