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

Cargo Transporters, Inc.

Claremont, NC · ~589 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cargo Transporters, Inc. runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Cargo Transporters, Inc.: 1.3 TCR = 30% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cargo Transporters, Inc. safety composite

Cargo Transporters, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−1.2

2018→2024

Cargo Transporters, Inc. injury rate improved

Cargo Transporters, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 2.3 in 2018 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Claremont, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 30% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #19/125
  • PHOTO Wischmeier
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~589 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wischmeier (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cargo Transporters, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cargo Transporters, Inc. averages 1.3 TCR (30% 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

Cargo Transporters, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.3 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=2 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Cargo Transporters, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 125 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in North Carolina.

Cargo Transporters, Inc. (589 employees, TCR 1.3) 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 Cargo Transporters, Inc.
Cargo Transporters, Inc. (589 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cargo Transporters, Inc. has more 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 1.1 1.1 5 0 0
2023 2.0 1.7 14 0 0
2022 1.1 1.1 8 0 0
2021 0.5 0.5 3 0 0
2020 1.2 1.1 9 0 0
2019 1.1 0.9 7 1 0
2018 2.3 1.5 16 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · NC · Claremont

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 28 employers in Claremont, NC · 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 Wischmeier 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hardy Brothers Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR J Bauer Trucking Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BHRI CORPORATE 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE RTO-ODFL 589 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carolina Healthcare Associates 589 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wilson, NC Facility 590 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Therapeutics Corporation- RTP 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR Claremont Plant 858 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hickory DC & HUB / Sutter East - Claremont 751 FTE
CITY-NEAR CommScope Claremont Facility 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Claremont 672 FTE
NAT-TCR Penco Ak 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Burley XPS 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Greene Sentry Hardware Inc. / dba Manlius True Value 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Labelworx, Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fresh From Texas 589 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern CA Install 589 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. James Healthcare 589 FTE
NAT-SIZE NA Mfg Dearborn 589 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.