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

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City

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

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking workplace, earning a grade C.

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City: 4.3 TCR = 96% of LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City safety composite

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−6.8

2017→2020

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City injury rate improved

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City's TCR fell 6.8 from 12.0 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Elm City, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #76/164
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - HST
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - HST (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City averages 4.3 TCR (96% 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 - Elm City TCR series: 2017=12 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City falls in its industry

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

Safer than 68% 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 #76 safest of 164 LTL (less-than-truckload) long employers in North Carolina.

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City (24 employees, TCR 4.3) 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 - Elm City
Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City (24 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City has fewer employees than the LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance median and a lower 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 5.2 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 12.0 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NC · Elm City

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 · 6 employers in Elm City, 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 R+L Carriers - HST 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR XKO 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gardena CA FXFE-GAR 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 071 Fontana 4.3 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 SE&M Constructors 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zackly Rite Farms 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR WSN-ODFL 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR ELM CITY BIN EmpWorkCtrCd 30001115 30 FTE
NAT-TCR Mouser Electronics 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR FE Hale MFG. CO 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Flair Homes 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR S08761 - South Albuquerque 4.3 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.