Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance · West Virginia

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell

Newell, WV · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance workplace, earning a grade B.

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell: 3.3 TCR = 74% of Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell safety composite

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−5.3

2016→2020

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell injury rate improved

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Newell, WV AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Petroleum Express Ho…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Petroleum Express Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell averages 3.3 TCR (74% of the Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell falls in its industry

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to West Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Trucking, specialized freight employers in West Virginia.

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell (51 employees, TCR 3.3) 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 Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell
Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell (51 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Ergon Trucking, Inc. - Newell has more employees than the Trucking, specialized freight (except us 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 2 1 0
2017 5.8 3.9 3 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · WV · Newell

1,026 Trucking, specialized freight (except used goods), long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,269 rated employers in West Virginia with headcount on file · 9 employers in Newell, WV · 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 Petroleum Express Houston 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chico - 05 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR P&S Transportation Nashville, TN 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Max Mahan Co Inc 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE west virginia spilt rail 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graham Packaging Newell WV 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE CP&P Martinsburg Precast 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marsh Bellofram 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Fiesta Tableware Company 342 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ergon-West Virginia, Inc 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advantage Tank Lines 20030 Newell 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Ace Lithographers Of Morris County DBA - Ace Twill 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CHRISTUS TMF - Sulphur Springs 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingwood Medical Center 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pella Corporation Carroll Site 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpha Jax 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalamazoo Hospice 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aflac Incorporated - CCEC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Coffee - Port Allen Distribution Center 51 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.