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

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham

Durham, NC · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham runs at 377% 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 - Durham: 17.0 TCR = 377% of LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham safety composite

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 33.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham: 12.1 → 34.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 34.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2020

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham's TCR rose 21.9 from 12.1 in 2017 to 34.0 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Durham, NC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.0 · 377% of ind

  • DART 34.0 DART
  • RANK #164/164
  • PHOTO Salt Lake City
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Salt Lake City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham averages 17.0 TCR (377% 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 - Durham TCR series: 2017=12.1 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=11.4 · 2020=34 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham falls in its industry

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

Safer than 2% 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 #164 safest of 164 LTL (less-than-truckload) long employers in North Carolina.

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham (24 employees, TCR 17.0) 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 - Durham
Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham (24 employees, TCR 17.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham has fewer 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
2020 34.0 34.0 6 0 0
2019 11.4 11.4 2 0 0
2018 10.4 10.4 2 0 0
2017 12.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NC · Durham

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 · 530 employers in Durham, 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 Salt Lake City 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ONT 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 574 WACO 17.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA-Modesto-Field Office 17.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Open Grounds Farm, Inc. 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Super-Sod Charlotte 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holland Farms, Inc 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE CENTRAL LNM-EST 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc. - Bloomington 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickford of Saginaw Township 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S & S Grove Management Services, Inc. 17.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - San Antonio Riverwalk 17.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Valdosta 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 630 Pretzels, IN 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairbury 24 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.