General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload · New Jersey

Central Transport - 072

South Plainfield, NJ · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Transport - 072 runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload workplace, earning a grade B.

Central Transport - 072: 2.9 TCR = 65% of General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Transport - 072 safety composite

Central Transport - 072 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−4.1

2016→2024

Central Transport - 072 injury rate improved

Central Transport - 072's TCR fell 4.1 from 7.2 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=4.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · South Plainfield, NJ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #9/79
  • PHOTO PODS OTR DPF
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PODS OTR DPF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Transport - 072 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Transport - 072 averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload BLS benchmark).

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

Central Transport - 072 TCR series: 2016=7.2 · 2018=0 · 2020=4.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Transport - 072 falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking Long- establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New Jersey alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 79 General Freight Trucking Long- employers in New Jersey.

Central Transport - 072 (28 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Transport - 072
Central Transport - 072 (28 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Transport - 072 has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking Long-Distance L 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
2024 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.2 7.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · NJ · South Plainfield

3,020 General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 11,201 rated employers in New Jersey with headcount on file · 112 employers in South Plainfield, NJ · 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 PODS OTR DPF 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DIPINTO BROTHERS TRANSPORTATION 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 984 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eugene OR FXFE-EUG 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ayr Wellness NJ LLC - Lakewood 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE New Jersey American Water - Farmingdale Production 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Arc NJ LLC 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Advanced Solar Products, Inc 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ Projects & Construction 1,107 FTE
CITY-NEAR PSE&G NJ - DELIVERY PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION (DP&C) 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accurate Diagnostic Lab 492 FTE
CITY-NEAR G&W Laboratories, Inc. 363 FTE
NAT-TCR Conlan Tire- Orlando 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CA015 Antioch Gypsum 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR WTPS Chicago Ferro 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Basalite - Selma 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ecdc Treat - 3039 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Cargo Transit, Inc. 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coastal Waste & Recycling of Broward County, LLC 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 7021166 - Switch Round Rock 28 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, 2020, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.