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

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis

Memphis, TN · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis runs at 318% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis: 14.3 TCR = 318% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis safety composite

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−11.1

2019→2021

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis injury rate improved

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis's TCR fell 11.1 from 19.1 in 2019 to 8.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 19.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=19.1 · 2020=15.9 · 2021=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Memphis, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.3 · 318% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #122/123
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 151
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 151 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis averages 14.3 TCR (318% 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. - Memphis TCR series: 2019=19.1 · 2020=15.9 · 2021=8 · BLS 4.5

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

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #122 safest of 123 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis (62 employees, TCR 14.3) 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. - Memphis
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis (62 employees, TCR 14.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Memphis has more 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 8.0 5.3 3 0 0
2020 15.9 6.0 7 1 0
2019 19.1 9.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TN · Memphis

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,330 employers in Memphis, TN · 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 ABF Freight 151 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-313 SC 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABF Freight 200 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LI LINCOLN 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rogers Group inc-Southern TN Construction 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dimecobros Nashville 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Volunteer Electric 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Combustion & Controls Solutions, Inc. 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR FedEx 2903 SPRANKLE DR 12,398 FTE
CITY-NEAR 381940311 9,861 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Residential Services 5,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 5,599 FTE
NAT-TCR Manufacturing 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Systems, Inc. 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CHEP Kansas City Service Center (UT1K) 14.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 548337-Tac-Proctor Sta 14.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Madison Volunteer Fire Co. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Hot Springs, Inc 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westminster, Colorado, Office 62 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.