General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Illinois

Dot Transportation- MTS

Name: Dot Transportation- MTS Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mt. Sterling, IL · ~530 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dot Transportation- MTS runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Dot Transportation- MTS: 2.2 TCR = 48% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dot Transportation- MTS safety composite

Dot Transportation- MTS scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−1.1

2017→2018

Dot Transportation- MTS injury rate improved

Dot Transportation- MTS's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.7 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.7 · 2018=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Mt. Sterling, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 48% of ind

DART 0.9 DART
RANK #47/143
PHOTO Grand Prairie, TX - …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 24 inj
SIZE ~530 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grand Prairie, TX - 2100 Refuge Way (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.2
Grand Prairie,

2.2
La Vergne, TN

2.2
Nagle Toledo

2.2
WM 6895

2.2

What this shows Dot Transportation- MTS averages 2.2 TCR (48% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Dot Transportation- MTS TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Dot Transportation- MTS falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 143 General freight trucking, long employers in Illinois.

Dot Transportation- MTS (530 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Dot Transportation- MTS has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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
2018	1.6	0.9	9	0	0
2017	2.7	2.0	15	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IL · Mt. Sterling

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Mt. Sterling, IL · 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	Grand Prairie, TX - 2100 Refuge Way	GRAND PRAIRIE, TX	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	La Vergne, TN - 370 New Sanford Rd	LA VERGNE, TN	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nagle Toledo	WALBRIDGE, OH	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 6895	OPELIKA, AL	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SI Building Products Americas - Buffalo Grove	BUFFALO GROVE	530 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2331 Cor3005	AURORA	530 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MDC	MCHENRY	530 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Peninsula Hotel Chicago	CHICAGO	530 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dot Foods, Inc.- MTS Dot	Mt. Sterling	1,890 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dot Foods- MTS	Mt. Sterling	1,642 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dot Transportation, Inc.- MTS DTI	Mt. Sterling	692 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dot Foods- Dot West Offices	Mt. Sterling	183 FTE
NAT-TCR	DBi Miami	Miami, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville, KY	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	23rd Street	New York, NY	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atrium Post Acute Care of Chilton	Chilton, WI	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	HHSTAUGHME	St. Augustine, FL	530 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Highland Heights Hub (Ohhht)	Highland Heights, OH	530 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vasvision Berry Farms, LLC	Royal Oaks, CA	530 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercy Medical Center - West Lake	West Des Moines, IA	530 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: 2018, 2017. 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.