Flatbed trucking, long-distance · Alabama

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL

Tuscaloosa, AL · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flatbed trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL safety composite

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−2.0

2019→2022

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL injury rate improved

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL's TCR fell 2.0 from 9.4 in 2019 to 7.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.4 · 2021=8.0 · 2022=7.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Tuscaloosa, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #36/40
  • PHOTO Port Allen Terminal
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Port Allen Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL TCR series: 2019=9.4 · 2021=8 · 2022=7.4 · BLS 4.5

Where DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL falls in its industry

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 40 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc employers in Alabama.

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL (62 employees, TCR 8.3) 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 DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL
DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL (62 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

DT Freight Tuscaloosa, AL has more employees than the Flatbed trucking, 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
2022 7.4 5.9 5 0 0
2021 8.0 6.9 7 0 0
2019 9.4 6.7 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · AL · Tuscaloosa

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 151 employers in Tuscaloosa, AL · 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 Port Allen Terminal 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 02 - Urbana, IL 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mesquite Terminal 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waco TX 8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery (Talladega) 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshall Dekalb Electric Copperative 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dixie Electric Cooperative 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alabama Painting Inc 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phifer Kauloosa 1,419 FTE
CITY-NEAR BFG3 Tuscaloosa Facility 1,340 FTE
CITY-NEAR McAbee Construction Inc 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tuscaloosa Processing 526 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-EA-CVG-CINCINATTI-CVG-TRML 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Dairy #212 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 413636-Hershey Po 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 120469-Atl-Glenridge Br 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE CHEMetrics, Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG769 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodlands Senior Living of Brewer LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG198 62 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: 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.