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

DRS

Dresden, TN · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DRS runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade F.

DRS: 9.4 TCR = 208% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DRS safety composite

DRS scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

DRS: 8.4 → 10.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2018

DRS's TCR rose 2.0 from 8.4 in 2017 to 10.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Dresden, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 208% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #114/123
  • PHOTO 158 ALLENTOWN
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 158 ALLENTOWN (0.0 TCR gap)

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DRS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DRS averages 9.4 TCR (208% 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

DRS TCR series: 2017=8.4 · 2018=10.4 · BLS 4.5

Where DRS falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 123 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

DRS (42 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 DRS
DRS (42 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DRS has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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 10.4 8.3 5 0 0
2017 8.4 8.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TN · Dresden

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 158 ALLENTOWN 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Little Rock 056 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minneapolis 138 9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chippewa Falls 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Benton County Electric System 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Citizens Gas Utility District 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Providence Builders 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCC Johnson City 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Champion Dresden 247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Championhomes-Dresden 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking Inc. 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dresden PD 99 FTE
NAT-TCR Oak Creek (Wioak) 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Avante at Wilson 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Workright Corporate 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 4598-Rtc Atlanta Med Duty 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE NA-US-TX-El Paso-Founders Blvd. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Telfer Paving Technology-San Diego, CA 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE AmNav - Oakland 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stone Belt Freight Lines, Inc 42 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.