General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload · Iowa

Central Transport - 503

Des Moines, IA · ~17 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Transport - 503 runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload workplace, earning a grade A.

Central Transport - 503: 0.8 TCR = 18% of General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Transport - 503 safety composite

Central Transport - 503 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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

−6.4

2016→2024

Central Transport - 503 injury rate improved

Central Transport - 503's TCR fell 6.4 from 6.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/50
  • PHOTO Rock River Express
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rock River Express (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Transport - 503 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Transport - 503 averages 0.8 TCR (18% 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 - 503 TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Transport - 503 falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking Long- establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 50 General Freight Trucking Long- employers in Iowa.

Central Transport - 503 (17 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 - 503
Central Transport - 503 (17 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Transport - 503 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.4 6.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Des Moines

3,020 General Freight Trucking Long-Distance Less Than Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Rock River Express 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMT Lines - GO 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brad Benton Trucking, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR TYT-ODFL 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Corning) 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE C26 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spencer #025 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR TSS at Pemex Deer Park TX 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 105258 - Copperhead Solar 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Americold Logistics, LLC: Gadsden 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR CR Meyer - Escanaba 0.8 TCR

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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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