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

CTS Transportation, LLC

Wichita, KS · ~58 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CTS Transportation, LLC runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

CTS Transportation, LLC: 2.1 TCR = 48% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CTS Transportation, LLC safety composite

CTS Transportation, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.8

2018→2023

CTS Transportation, LLC injury rate improved

CTS Transportation, LLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 3.5 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Wichita, KS AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 48% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #8/41
  • PHOTO Knight Refrigerated …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Knight Refrigerated Memphis (0.0 TCR gap)

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CTS Transportation, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CTS Transportation, LLC averages 2.1 TCR (48% 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

CTS Transportation, LLC TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2021=1.4 · 2023=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where CTS Transportation, LLC falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 41 General freight trucking, long employers in Kansas.

CTS Transportation, LLC (58 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 CTS Transportation, LLC
CTS Transportation, LLC (58 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

CTS Transportation, LLC has fewer 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
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2021 1.4 1.4 0 1 0
2018 3.5 3.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · KS · Wichita

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 841 employers in Wichita, KS · 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 Knight Refrigerated Memphis 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Overland Ltd. 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pennsylvania Corporate 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.D. Associates, LLC 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Plains Ponderosa Dairy, LLC 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wichita System Control Center 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phoenix Renovation and Restoration, Inc. 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE PureField Ingredients, Food Ingredients 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spirit Aerosystems 11,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR Textron Aviation - Mid Continent 4,359 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wesley Medical Center 2,657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-KSWIC062 2,438 FTE
NAT-TCR STA - Williamstown 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Loves Park Campus 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Bates Utility Company, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pennsylvania Corporate 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Frencken America 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE NASG Indiana, LLC 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encodia, Inc. 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Internet Consulting Services LLC 58 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: 2023, 2021, 2018. 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.