LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking · North Carolina

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte

Charlotte, NC · ~106 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte runs at 246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte: 11.1 TCR = 246% of LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte safety composite

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte held a steady TCR band

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte's TCR held near 0.1 from 12.2 in 2017 to 12.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.2 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=12.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.1 · 246% of ind

  • DART 12.2 DART
  • RANK #159/164
  • PHOTO Livermore CA FXFE-LVM
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Livermore CA FXFE-LVM (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte averages 11.1 TCR (246% of the LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking BLS benchmark).

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

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte TCR series: 2017=12.2 · 2018=6 · 2019=14.8 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=12.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte falls in its industry

3,020 LTL (less-than-truckload) long establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #159 safest of 164 LTL (less-than-truckload) long employers in North Carolina.

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte (106 employees, TCR 11.1) 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. - Charlotte
Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte (106 employees, TCR 11.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines Inc. - Charlotte has more employees than the LTL (less-than-truckload) 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 12.2 12.2 7 0 0
2020 10.1 7.2 6 1 0
2019 14.8 10.7 11 0 0
2018 6.0 3.6 5 0 0
2017 12.2 9.5 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NC · Charlotte

3,020 LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, 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 Livermore CA FXFE-LVM 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Holland - WS 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Des Moines 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-223 YT 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE DRB Group - Raleigh 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gentry service Group 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA Eden NC 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE UN1F1ED2NC 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Starr Textile Services-Foley 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Park 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Turlock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 11.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Advocate Sherman Hospital EM 11.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Embraer Executive Jet Services LLC. 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Health and Human Services Building 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE 100715 - Tampa Distribution Center 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barbosa Cabinets, Inc. - Lathrop 106 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. 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.