General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Arkansas
Carter Express - Paragould, AR
Paragould, AR · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Carter Express - Paragould, AR runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
Carter Express - Paragould, AR: 0.5 TCR = 11% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Carter Express - Paragould, AR safety composite
Carter Express - Paragould, AR scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).
82/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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
−1.5
2022→2024
Carter Express - Paragould, AR injury rate improved
Carter Express - Paragould, AR's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Paragould, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 11% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #8/73
- PHOTO Louisville, KY - Out…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Louisville, KY - Outer Loop (0.0 TCR gap)
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Carter Express - Paragould, AR in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Carter Express - Paragould, AR
0.5 TCR
- Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY - Outer Loop
0.5 TCR
- La Vergne, TN
La Vergne, TN - JP Hennessy
0.5 TCR
- Chambersburg,
Chambersburg, PA - 900 Kriner Road
0.5 TCR
- Ryder Yuma 913
Ryder Yuma 9133
0.5 TCR
What this shows Carter Express - Paragould, AR averages 0.5 TCR (11% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Carter Express - Paragould, AR TCR series: 2022=1.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Carter Express - Paragould, AR falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 73 General freight trucking, long employers in Arkansas.
Carter Express - Paragould, AR 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · AR · Paragould
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 61 employers in Paragould, AR · 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 | Louisville, KY - Outer Loop | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | La Vergne, TN - JP Hennessy | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Chambersburg, PA - 900 Kriner Road | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ryder Yuma 9133 | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hilburn Builders, Inc. | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AJR Field | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Systems Plant Services, Inc.- Hickman BLY02-14 | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Newark Feedmill | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DRiV Automotive | 1,088 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tenneco | 1,082 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DRiV | 1,018 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company - Paragould, Arkansas | 717 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cityblock Health, Inc | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Karrenbrock Excavating | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Auto OEM US, Others | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PDC Physical Distribution Center | 0.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Oxford Saddle Brook Memory Care, LLC | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ACP LabChem Inc | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wilson Operator, LLC | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 7526-Pdllc-Delaware Valley College | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.