General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · Georgia

CHA-ODFL

Ringgold, GA · ~85 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CHA-ODFL runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade A.

CHA-ODFL: 1.5 TCR = 32% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CHA-ODFL safety composite

CHA-ODFL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−1.1

2016→2022

CHA-ODFL injury rate improved

CHA-ODFL's TCR fell 1.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Ringgold, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 32% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #5/113
  • PHOTO DHN-ODFL
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DHN-ODFL (0.0 TCR gap)

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CHA-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CHA-ODFL averages 1.5 TCR (32% of the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS benchmark).

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

CHA-ODFL TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=1 · 2021=1 · 2022=2 · BLS 4.5

Where CHA-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 113 General Freight Trucking, long employers in Georgia.

CHA-ODFL (85 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 CHA-ODFL
CHA-ODFL (85 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

CHA-ODFL has more employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, 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
2022 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2021 1.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2019 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2016 3.1 2.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · GA · Ringgold

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 56 employers in Ringgold, GA · 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 DHN-ODFL 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR EGB 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago Heights Shop IL FXFE-CGTS 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OGU-ODFL 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Astra Grading & Pipe, LLC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Georgia APG 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4100 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buzzell Plumbing-Heating-Air, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Physical Therapy Ringgold 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care Ringgold 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Primary Care S Ringgold 6,606 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant RP 306 FTE
NAT-TCR Knifer River - Cheyenne 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Transportation Research Center Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Select-Arc Troy 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Childrens Hospital - Fox Valley 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Seafood City Supermarket - Carson 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seafood City Supermarket - Shadow Mountain 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food City Store #735 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waveguide 85 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.