Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Texas
Design Transportation Services Inc
Dallas, TX · ~103 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Design Transportation Services Inc runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
Design Transportation Services Inc: 2.3 TCR = 50% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Design Transportation Services Inc safety composite
Design Transportation Services Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Design Transportation Services Inc: 1.5 → 3.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024
Design Transportation Services Inc's TCR rose 1.9 from 1.5 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Dallas, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #129/297
- PHOTO A.N. Webber, Inc. - …
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~103 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee (0.0 TCR gap)
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Design Transportation Services Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Design Transportation Services Inc
2.3 TCR
- A.N. Webber, I
A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee
2.3 TCR
- Highlands- Dry
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport
2.3 TCR
- Phoenix, AZ -
Phoenix, AZ - 625 S 27th Avenue
2.3 TCR
- Pompano Beach,
Pompano Beach, FL - NW 33rd
2.3 TCR
What this shows Design Transportation Services Inc averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Design Transportation Services Inc TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2018=1.4 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=3.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Design Transportation Services Inc falls in its industry
3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #129 safest of 297 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Texas.
Design Transportation Services Inc has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · TX · Dallas
3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, TX · 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 | A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Phoenix, AZ - 625 S 27th Avenue | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pompano Beach, FL - NW 33rd | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dairy Fountain | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TEXAS PRODUCERS COOP AMHERST | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NAM-USA | 103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Aadvantage Panels & Fence, Inc DBA MyTCoat | 103 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AECOM DCS (US Operations) | 15,100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rexel USA, Inc | 8,356 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS | 6,147 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HDQ - Headquarters | 5,764 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | AXH Air-Coolers | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Endeavor Air, Inc. - CVG Tech Ops | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2025 Jasper | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Automated Logic Controls (Southeast) | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aehr Test Systems | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The HT Hackney Co | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zimmer Biomet AE Medical | 103 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Falcon Farms- Ca | 103 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.