General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Texas

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin

Austin, TX · ~37 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin: 8.7 TCR = 192% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin safety composite

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.4

2016→2021

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin injury rate improved

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin's TCR fell 1.4 from 9.8 in 2016 to 8.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.8 · 2017=6.0 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=8.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Austin, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.7 · 192% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #209/237
  • PHOTO Baltimore MD FXFE-BMM
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baltimore MD FXFE-BMM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin averages 8.7 TCR (192% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin TCR series: 2016=9.8 · 2017=6 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=11.8 · 2020=6.9 · 2021=8.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #209 safest of 237 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin (37 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin
Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin (37 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines, Inc - Austin has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2021 8.3 8.3 2 0 0
2020 6.9 6.9 2 0 0
2019 11.8 3.0 4 0 0
2018 9.1 9.1 3 0 0
2017 6.0 3.0 2 0 0
2016 9.8 9.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Austin

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 1,645 employers in Austin, 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 Baltimore MD FXFE-BMM 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evansville DSH 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 782 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HKY 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fannin Growing 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bovina Cattle Company 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Skyland Grain, LLC- Spearman Gin 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alura Cogen 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ensign Services 11,325 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-TX-Austin-Giga Texas 8,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-Loc: CORP LOC - US Austin 6,911 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6017-CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - AST 5,272 FTE
NAT-TCR Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co. Bend Office 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Home2 Suites by Hilton 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Guaynabo Recycling 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydrant Repair Parts, Inc 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Target (WC USX TNC) 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Municipio de Las Marias ( Control Ambiental) 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harsco Mansfield 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Province Place of Maryview 37 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.