Motor freight carrier, general, local · Illinois

Dixon Transport

Dixon, IL · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dixon Transport runs at 183% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Dixon Transport: 8.2 TCR = 183% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dixon Transport safety composite

Dixon Transport scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.7

2019→2024

Dixon Transport injury rate improved

Dixon Transport's TCR fell 11.7 from 16.4 in 2019 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=16.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=17.5 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Dixon, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.2 · 183% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #131/161
  • PHOTO Ward Trucking LLC-Sc…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ward Trucking LLC-Scranton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dixon Transport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dixon Transport averages 8.2 TCR (183% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Dixon Transport TCR series: 2019=16.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=17.5 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Dixon Transport falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #131 safest of 161 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Illinois.

Dixon Transport (34 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dixon Transport
Dixon Transport (34 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Dixon Transport has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, 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
2024 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2023 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2022 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2021 17.5 12.5 7 0 0
2020 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2019 16.4 13.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Dixon

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 50 employers in Dixon, 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 Ward Trucking LLC-Scranton 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rock Hill Trucking Co., Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jake's Cartage, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCC : 5958-00 NAPA-BHC-DCC/Mt Joliet, TN 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Kankakee 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Energy Facility 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Normal - Water 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR Raynor Garage Doors 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5399 333 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5399 327 FTE
NAT-TCR Blizzard Entertainment 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Resilite Sports Products, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 3895 Sun Valley 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR West Penn Manufacturing Technologies LLC 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE MCS Structures, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliant Castings Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hatboro 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 18620 NE San Rafael 34 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, 2023, 2022, 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.