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

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville

Nashville, TN · ~67 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville: 7.0 TCR = 156% of LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville safety composite

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−4.7

2017→2021

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville injury rate improved

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville's TCR fell 4.7 from 10.6 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 156% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #97/123
  • PHOTO NNC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NNC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville averages 7.0 TCR (156% 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- Nashville TCR series: 2017=10.6 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=5.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville falls in its industry

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

Safer than 35% 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 #97 safest of 123 LTL (less-than-truckload) long employers in Tennessee.

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville (67 employees, TCR 7.0) 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- Nashville
Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville (67 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville 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 5.9 3.9 3 0 0
2020 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2019 10.8 5.4 4 0 0
2018 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2017 10.6 10.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TN · Nashville

3,020 LTL (less-than-truckload) long-distance freight trucking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 1,187 employers in Nashville, 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 NNC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NOL 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR UWY 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Middlesex 055 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mid-State Construction Co., Inc. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Triad Corp. 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Morgan Inc 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE Runyon Memphis Plant 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parallon Enterprises, LLC 15,267 FTE
CITY-NEAR METROPOLITAN GOVT. OF NASHVILLE,& DAVIDSON COUNTY 10,278 FTE
CITY-NEAR METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 9,049 FTE
CITY-NEAR TriStar Centennial Medical Center 3,106 FTE
NAT-TCR Residence Inn Chicago Bloomingdale 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kroger (WC USX KWO) 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CFS SoCal - Anaheim 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Five Star Colorado 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Daws Trucking Inc 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE CN - South Philadelphia 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brandywine Living @ Wall 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1915-1600X 67 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.

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

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