Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · Tennessee

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc.

Dresden, TN · ~120 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc.: 7.1 TCR = 158% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. safety composite

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc.: 4.2 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.64× in 2024

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc.'s TCR rose 7.5 from 4.2 in 2017 to 11.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Dresden, TN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 11.6 DART
  • RANK #35/37
  • PHOTO CHTI-MO
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHTI-MO (0.0 TCR gap)

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Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. averages 7.1 TCR (158% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=3 · 2021=3.8 · 2023=15.7 · 2024=11.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 37 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in Tennessee.

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. (120 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc.
Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. (120 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. has more employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 11.6 11.6 11 0 0
2023 15.7 15.7 11 0 0
2021 3.8 3.0 5 0 0
2020 3.0 1.8 5 0 0
2019 5.1 5.1 5 1 0
2018 6.2 6.2 7 1 0
2017 4.2 4.2 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · TN · Dresden

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 8 employers in Dresden, TN · 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 CHTI-MO 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEM - 541, 542 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANTI - 453 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeast Milk, Inc. Quitman Trucking 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Knoxville 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE CECO Concrete Construction : Nashville 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE 001 Memphis TN Crane Sales and Service LLC 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville Stratas Foods 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Dresden 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Championhomes-Dresden 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dresden PD 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dresden TN FXFE-DRS 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Green Forest Plant 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR St Joseph Plant 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sheriff's Office 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Watsonville Distribution Center 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Partitions, Inc. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Hill Plant 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE GMP Operations HQ - Rutland 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Park Summit 120 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.