General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Illinois

DPL

Des Plaines, IL · ~134 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DPL runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.

DPL: 5.0 TCR = 111% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DPL safety composite

DPL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

DPL: 3.9 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2018

DPL's TCR rose 2.3 from 3.9 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 111% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #52/177
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - RNO
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

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

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DPL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DPL averages 5.0 TCR (111% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

DPL TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 4.5

Where DPL falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #52 safest of 177 General freight trucking, long employers in Illinois.

DPL (134 employees, TCR 5.0) 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 DPL
DPL (134 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DPL 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
2018 6.2 5.5 9 0 0
2017 3.9 3.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Des Plaines

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (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 - RNO 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGU-ODFL 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NEW BRAUNFELS/PLAINVIEW TERMINAL 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DN DANVILLE 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Korte Construction Company DBA The Korte Company 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago - #70 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Area Erectors - Rockford 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pentegra Systems Naperville 134 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 KWF Tampa (Dale Mabry), FL 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RDU - Airport United Airlines Offices 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Components Division 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Covenant Shores 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Camillus Container 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Support AIC 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midvale #073 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Penske : 4309-00 Delphi/Laredo, TX 134 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.