General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · Kentucky

BWG-ODFL

Bowling Green, KY · ~32 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BWG-ODFL runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade C.

BWG-ODFL: 5.3 TCR = 117% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BWG-ODFL safety composite

BWG-ODFL scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.3

2018→2022

BWG-ODFL injury rate improved

BWG-ODFL's TCR fell 11.3 from 11.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.3 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/49
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - CHI
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - CHI (0.0 TCR gap)

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BWG-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BWG-ODFL averages 5.3 TCR (117% 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

BWG-ODFL TCR series: 2018=11.3 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=12.3 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where BWG-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 49 General Freight Trucking, long employers in Kentucky.

BWG-ODFL (32 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 BWG-ODFL
BWG-ODFL (32 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

BWG-ODFL has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 12.3 7.4 5 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2018 11.3 7.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · KY · Bowling Green

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, 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 R+L Carriers - CHI 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR XCL 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 132 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DES-ODFL 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Limestone Transmission Substation 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schaefer General Contracting Services 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ray Black & Son, Inc. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE OMNI Commercial LLC 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR Titan Trailer Manufacturing Inc. Main Plant 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nebraska Surgery Center 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Orlando Marriott Lake Mary 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR HTI @ Pendleton 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mosaic Holdredge 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE SouthernCarlson - Charlotte 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amerequip New Holstein 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE SouthernCarlson - Omaha L Strret 32 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. 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.