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

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen

Name: Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mcallen, TX · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen runs at 129% 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. - McAllen: 5.8 TCR = 129% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen safety composite

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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. - McAllen held a steady TCR band

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen's TCR held near 0.2 from 9.6 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #158/237
PHOTO Dothan AL FXFE-DOT
BOOK 5y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dothan AL FXFE-DOT (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sioux Falls 13

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What this shows Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=9.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=9.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #158 safest of 237 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen (24 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - McAllen 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
2020	9.8	4.9	2
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	9.6	4.8	2
2016	9.6	4.8	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Mcallen

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 · 192 employers in Mcallen, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Dothan AL FXFE-DOT	DOTHAN, AL	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Terre Haute IN FXFE-TER	TERRE HAUTE, IN	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacksonville JAX	JACKSONVILLE, FL	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sioux Falls 139	SIOUX FALLS, SD	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Treesap Farms LLC - Sales	HOUSTON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Springlake Dairy LLC	MULESHOE	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pineywoods Farm	CENTER	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Darty Gin Inc	DOUGHERTY	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rio Grande Regional Hospital	Mcallen	2,690 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HCU McAllen	Mcallen	1,254 FTE
CITY-NEAR	TX_McAllen_3701 N 23rd St._TX540296401	Mcallen	1,066 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2576-026	Mcallen	1,042 FTE
NAT-TCR	Allo-Twin Cities	Scottsbluff, NE	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	South Central Power Co. Canal Winchester	Canal Winchester, OH	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Johnson and Sons Paving Co	Lannon, WI	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Riverview Ridge Personal Care	Wilkesbarre, PA	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Valdosta	Valdosta, GA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Freight Lines Inc - Durham	Durham, NC	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City	Elm City, NC	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	630 Pretzels, IN	Bluffton, IN	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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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