General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Tennessee

Covenant Transport

Chattanooga, TN · ~2,327 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
4
Fatalities
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The verdict

Covenant Transport runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Covenant Transport: 2.3 TCR = 51% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Covenant Transport safety composite

Covenant Transport scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 4

Safer than 0% 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

−5.2

2016→2024

Covenant Transport injury rate improved

Covenant Transport's TCR fell 5.2 from 5.7 in 2016 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.7 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Chattanooga, TN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 51% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #41/128
  • PHOTO Lancaster Terminal
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 661 inj
  • SIZE ~2,327 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lancaster Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Covenant Transport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Covenant Transport averages 2.3 TCR (51% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Covenant Transport TCR series: 2016=5.7 · 2017=3.7 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=1.5 · 2021=0.8 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Covenant Transport falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 128 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

Covenant Transport (2,327 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Covenant Transport
Covenant Transport (2,327 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Covenant Transport has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.5 0.2 15 0 0
2023 0.8 0.6 27 0 0
2021 0.8 0.6 30 2 0
2020 1.5 1.2 39 12 0
2019 2.9 1.6 122 12 0
2018 2.4 1.2 101 7 0
2017 3.7 2.4 150 18 1
2016 5.7 3.8 177 41 3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · TN · Chattanooga

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, 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 Lancaster Terminal 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland, OR - Suttle Rd. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgewood, MD - 103 Fulfillment Dr 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR IDM Trucking 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - MQY1 2,334 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electrolux Springfield Cooking Plant 2,299 FTE
STATE-SIZE Memphis Corporate Offices 2,359 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Murfreesboro 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA COKE 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR CHATTANOOGA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR USXpress 7,385 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cardiology GB 6,606 FTE
NAT-TCR Houston 10209 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Orange City 10155 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Olympus Ranch 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nations Roof of Ohio 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Flextronics America LLC - Research Campus 2,327 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flat Rock Assembly 2,326 FTE
NAT-SIZE NXP USA Inc. - Oak Hill 2,326 FTE
NAT-SIZE Findlay Campus 2,328 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.