General Freight Trucking, Local · Pennsylvania

DED - Independant Container Line

Name: DED - Independant Container Line Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Chester, PA · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 5.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DED - Independant Container Line runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, Local workplace, earning a grade C.

DED - Independant Container Line: 5.1 TCR = 114% of General Freight Trucking, Local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DED - Independant Container Line safety composite

DED - Independant Container Line scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

DED - Independant Container Line: 2.0 → 8.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.96× in 2023

DED - Independant Container Line's TCR rose 6.2 from 2.0 in 2022 to 8.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · West Chester, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 114% of ind

DART 4.9 DART
RANK #98/194
PHOTO Walterboro
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walterboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows DED - Independant Container Line averages 5.1 TCR (114% of the General Freight Trucking, Local BLS benchmark).

DED - Independant Container Line TCR series: 2022=2 · 2023=8.2 · BLS 4.5

Where DED - Independant Container Line falls in its industry

2,784 General Freight Trucking, Loca establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 194 General Freight Trucking, Loca employers in Pennsylvania.

DED - Independant Container Line (60 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

DED - Independant Container Line has more employees than the General Freight Trucking, Local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	8.2	4.9	5	0	0
2022	2.0	2.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · PA · West Chester

2,784 General Freight Trucking, Local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 171 employers in West Chester, PA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Walterboro	HAZLEHURST, GA	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eagle Transport Corporation - N Augusta	N AUGUSTA, SC	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Todd Transit Inc.	ROCKFORD, IL	5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CAHAR - HAYWARD FREIGHT FORWARDING	HAYWARD, CA	5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PHRG PIT	CORAOPOLIS	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wickersham Construction & Engineering, Inc.	LANCASATER	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Landau Building Company	WEXFORD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Division #23	DUNMORE	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chester County Hospital	West Chester	2,607 FTE
CITY-NEAR	QVC, Inc. (Studio Park)	West Chester	2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DePuy Synthes West Chester	West Chester	2,087 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DePuy Synthes Sales West Chester	West Chester	1,265 FTE
NAT-TCR	4223-M2200	Rochester, MN	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sommers Automotive	Mequon, WI	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wis-Pak of Hattiesburg, LLC	Hattiesburg, MS	5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	CLARK - Lexington	Lexington, KY	5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	West Ridge Specialty Care	Knoxville, IA	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BrandSafway Solutions, LLC - Nashville Branch	Nashville, TN	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Medicalodges Columbus	Columbus, KS	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Springs at Butte	Butte, MT	60 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, 2022. 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.