Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) · Alabama

Deep South Freight

Name: Deep South Freight Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Birmingham, AL · ~80 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Deep South Freight runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Deep South Freight: 2.7 TCR = 59% of Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Deep South Freight safety composite

Deep South Freight scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−4.6

2019→2024

Deep South Freight injury rate improved

Deep South Freight's TCR fell 4.6 from 4.7 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.7 · 2020=6.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Birmingham, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 59% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #37/90
PHOTO Lockbourne, OH - Ash…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lockbourne, OH - Ashville Pike (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.7
Lockbourne, OH

2.7
PA-Tunkhannock

2.7
Midwest Carrie

2.7
ATL CST

2.7

What this shows Deep South Freight averages 2.7 TCR (59% of the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) BLS benchmark).

Deep South Freight TCR series: 2019=4.7 · 2020=6 · 2021=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Deep South Freight falls in its industry

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 90 Bulk mail truck transportation employers in Alabama.

Deep South Freight (80 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Deep South Freight has more employees than the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract 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
2024	0.0	0.0	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	6.0	3.0	4
2019	4.7	4.7	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · AL · Birmingham

3,252 Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, long-distance (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 840 employers in Birmingham, AL · 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	Lockbourne, OH - Ashville Pike	LOCKBOURNE, OH	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PA-Tunkhannock	TUNKHANNOCK, PA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Midwest Carriers	KAUKAUNA, WI	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ATL CST	ELLENWOOD, GA	2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GP Production (Alabama)	ELKMONT	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D.R. Horton, Inc. - Birmingham	HOOVER	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Turner at Shell Chemical LP Saraland AL	MOBILE	80 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Garrison Steel Erectors, Inc	PELL CITY	80 FTE
CITY-NEAR	USD	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CLASSIC FOODS	Birmingham	9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	BIRMINGHAM PACKERS	Birmingham	8,650 FTE
NAT-TCR	Volvo Logistics Joliet	Joliet, IL	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cactus Drilling Rig 167	Oklahoma City, OK	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vanguard-Tucson	Tucson, AZ	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	605 - Yakima	Yakima, WA	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lendlease - Princeton Office	Ewing, NJ	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	0f40 - Rhode Island Fire	Pawtucket, RI	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lithia Chrysler Jeep of Reno	Reno, NV	80 FTE
NAT-SIZE	048k - Renton Wa	Renton, WA	80 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.