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

CalArk International-TX

Laredo, TX · ~86 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CalArk International-TX runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

CalArk International-TX: 5.6 TCR = 125% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CalArk International-TX safety composite

CalArk International-TX scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−1.8

2022→2023

CalArk International-TX injury rate improved

CalArk International-TX's TCR fell 1.8 from 6.5 in 2022 to 4.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.5 · 2023=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Laredo, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #257/297
  • PHOTO P&S Transportation H…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: P&S Transportation Houston, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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CalArk International-TX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CalArk International-TX averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

CalArk International-TX TCR series: 2022=6.5 · 2023=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where CalArk International-TX falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #257 safest of 297 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.

CalArk International-TX (86 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 CalArk International-TX
CalArk International-TX (86 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

CalArk International-TX 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
2023 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · TX · Laredo

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 245 employers in Laredo, TX · 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 P&S Transportation Houston, TX 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zeller Transporation 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CIMARRON TRUCKING INC 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pauls Valley Terminal - NON DOT 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Village Farms, Permian Basin 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cal-Maine Food, Inc.- Klesel Complex 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundown Tubing Testing 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Antonio Division 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Office of Field Operations - Laredo 3,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Laredo 1,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-21080000-21080 748 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-62 672 FTE
NAT-TCR Highland Tank & Manufacturing Company 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Groendyke Transport - Denver 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethesda Hospital (HealthEast) 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR D&W Fine Pack, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hill Electric, Inc. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sky Unlimited Inc 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haemonetics - Draper 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northstar 86 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.