General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · Illinois

DEC-ODFL

Decatur, IL · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DEC-ODFL runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade D.

DEC-ODFL: 6.3 TCR = 139% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DEC-ODFL safety composite

DEC-ODFL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DEC-ODFL: 2.6 → 4.1 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2022

DEC-ODFL's TCR rose 1.5 from 2.6 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Decatur, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 139% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #82/177
  • PHOTO Chillicothe OH FXFE-…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chillicothe OH FXFE-CTH (0.0 TCR gap)

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DEC-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DEC-ODFL averages 6.3 TCR (139% 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

DEC-ODFL TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=4.1 · BLS 4.5

Where DEC-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 177 General Freight Trucking, long employers in Illinois.

DEC-ODFL (41 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 DEC-ODFL
DEC-ODFL (41 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DEC-ODFL has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2021 6.5 6.5 3 0 0
2020 12.5 10.0 5 0 0
2019 9.6 7.2 4 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Decatur

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 219 employers in Decatur, IL · 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 Chillicothe OH FXFE-CTH 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Freight Lines - Knoxville TN 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MCW 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 892 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Facility 2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Memorial Hospital 1,982 FTE
CITY-NEAR Decatur Public School District No. 61 1,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Staff Offices 1,198 FTE
NAT-TCR 1019 - Clarksville 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Muskego 20083 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6903-69030001-1A 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora Medical Center Hartford 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 32 Phoenix Metals Birmingham 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Howell Road 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Ortonville 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metals USA Plates & Sapes - York 41 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.