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

Carter Express - Anderson, IN

Name: Carter Express - Anderson, IN Workplace Safety Data
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Anderson, IN · ~515 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Carter Express - Anderson, IN runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Carter Express - Anderson, IN: 1.7 TCR = 38% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Express - Anderson, IN safety composite

Carter Express - Anderson, IN scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

Carter Express - Anderson, IN: 1.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 2.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2024

Carter Express - Anderson, IN's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.0 in 2022 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Anderson, IN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 38% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #27/125
PHOTO Bray Fast Freight, LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 34 inj
SIZE ~515 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bray Fast Freight, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Carter Express - Anderson, IN averages 1.7 TCR (38% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Carter Express - Anderson, IN TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Carter Express - Anderson, IN falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 125 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Indiana.

Carter Express - Anderson, IN (515 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Carter Express - Anderson, IN 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
2024	1.6	1.5	11
2023	2.5	2.1	17
2022	1.0	1.0	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IN · Anderson

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 103 employers in Anderson, IN · 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	Bray Fast Freight, LLC	BATESVILLE, AR	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charlotte, NC - Metro Mont Pky	CHARLOTTE, NC	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bison Transport USA - Amherst	AMHERST, WI	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6824	GROVE CITY, OH	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	WM 6022	GREENCASTLE	515 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Kokomo	KOKOMO	515 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6458-ZIND	INDIANAPOLIS	514 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital	WARSAW	514 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Carter Express Inc	Anderson	1,329 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Community Hospital Anderson	Anderson	1,212 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HARRAH'S HOOSIER PARK RACING & CASINO	Anderson	804 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nestle USA	Anderson	798 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hartford-Saint Francis-Asylum Hill Family Medicine	Hartford, CT	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Richmond, VA Office	Richmond, VA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Albertville AL Recycling	Albertville, AL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Perry GA	Perry, GA	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CORP-Durango Office 0091-FAC53	Las Vegas, NV	515 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LifeScape - Adult Services	Sioux Falls, SD	515 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BAE Systems I&S - Maritime Solutions	California, MD	515 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Road to Responsibility Inc	Marshfield, MA	515 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. 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.