Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), local · Texas

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul

New Braunfels, TX · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), local workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul: 12.7 TCR = 282% of Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul safety composite

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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 Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul: 6.5 → 11.0 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 20.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.43× in 2024

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul's TCR rose 4.5 from 6.5 in 2022 to 11.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 20.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · New Braunfels, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 282% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #117/118
  • PHOTO BLS Trucking
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BLS Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul averages 12.7 TCR (282% of the Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul TCR series: 2022=6.5 · 2023=20.6 · 2024=11 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul falls in its industry

1,130 Trucking, specialized freight establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 118 Trucking, specialized freight employers in Texas.

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul (32 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul
Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul (32 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Central Pony Express dba River City Heavy Haul has fewer employees than the Trucking, specialized freight (except us median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 11.0 5.5 4 0 0
2023 20.6 20.6 8 0 0
2022 6.5 6.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · TX · New Braunfels

1,130 Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 183 employers in New Braunfels, TX · 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 BLS Trucking 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAZ2 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stone Express 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling - Lowell, MA 12.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Heifer Ranch at Arroyo Seco, LTD 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE El Coyote Ranch 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Plains Cattle Company LLC- Tulia 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Feather Crest Farm 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resort - New Braunfels 1,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6016 1,026 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6016 1,025 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sysco Central Texas 1,004 FTE
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - BDL6 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sysco Ventura 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CRJ Aviation, LLC 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Big R of Canon City, LLC. 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morningside of Decatur 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Winder Project 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brogdon Machine Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apollo 32 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.