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

Carter Express - Hebron, KY

Hebron, KY · ~45 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carter Express - Hebron, KY runs at 57% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Carter Express - Hebron, KY: 2.6 TCR = 57% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carter Express - Hebron, KY safety composite

Carter Express - Hebron, KY scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

Carter Express - Hebron, KY held a steady TCR band

Carter Express - Hebron, KY's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.0 in 2022 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Hebron, KY AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 57% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #23/47
  • PHOTO Conover, NC - 230 De…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conover, NC - 230 Dehart Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carter Express - Hebron, KY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carter Express - Hebron, KY averages 2.6 TCR (57% 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

Carter Express - Hebron, KY TCR series: 2022=4 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Carter Express - Hebron, KY falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 47 General freight trucking, long employers in Kentucky.

Carter Express - Hebron, KY (45 employees, TCR 2.6) 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 Carter Express - Hebron, KY
Carter Express - Hebron, KY (45 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Carter Express - Hebron, KY has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, 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 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.0 4.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · KY · Hebron

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 155 employers in Hebron, 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 Conover, NC - 230 Dehart Terminal 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indianapolis Terminal-DOT 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NIM Transportation - Kansas 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 11058973 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE PMI Field 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLAYTON WATKINS CONSTRUCTION CO INC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Kentucky Construction 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - CVG2 2,624 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CVG2 2,269 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - KCVG 1,723 FTE
CITY-NEAR DDU (Hebron) 1,661 FTE
NAT-TCR Powell Electrical Systems, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR RJS & Associates 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Albany State University Radium Campus 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Heartland Sheets 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE B&M Metals 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foodservice Sunrise Jacksonville - 9007 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE 108th & L 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pave-Rite, Inc. 45 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.