General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · Illinois

DES-ODFL

Des Plaines, IL · ~179 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

DES-ODFL runs at 117% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade C.

DES-ODFL: 5.3 TCR = 117% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DES-ODFL safety composite

DES-ODFL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−0.6

2016→2022

DES-ODFL injury rate improved

DES-ODFL's TCR fell 0.6 from 6.6 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Plaines, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 117% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #58/177
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - CHI
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 67 inj
  • SIZE ~179 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - CHI (0.0 TCR gap)

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DES-ODFL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DES-ODFL averages 5.3 TCR (117% 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

DES-ODFL TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=6 · BLS 4.5

Where DES-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #58 safest of 177 General Freight Trucking, long employers in Illinois.

DES-ODFL (179 employees, TCR 5.3) 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 DES-ODFL
DES-ODFL (179 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DES-ODFL has more employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, median and a lower 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 6.0 5.4 10 0 1
2021 4.8 3.4 10 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 3 0 0
2019 5.2 5.2 11 0 0
2018 7.3 5.9 16 0 0
2016 6.6 5.8 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Des Plaines

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 174 employers in Des Plaines, 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 R+L Carriers - CHI 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR XCL 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 132 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWG-ODFL 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 76E - Southern - IL Electric Ops 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Chicago - Department of Water Management - 3300 E Cheltenham Pl 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1038 - Alsip Production 179 FTE
STATE-SIZE VBC Biorational Research Center 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Illinois Bone & Joint Institute 2,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rivers Casino 1,705 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines Campus 1,245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Plaines (IL36) 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Tidewater Transit-Kingsport 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Milgard Manufacturing Simi Valley CA 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR State Metal Industries, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tops #118 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Builders, Inc 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE 964 - Orchard Park 179 FTE
NAT-SIZE Berry Global - Syracuse, NY 179 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.