Bulk liquids trucking, local · Arkansas

Ess Transportation Inc

Damascus, AR · ~79 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ess Transportation Inc runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulk liquids trucking, local workplace, earning a grade A.

Ess Transportation Inc: 0.5 TCR = 10% of Bulk liquids trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ess Transportation Inc safety composite

Ess Transportation Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ess Transportation Inc: 0.0 → 0.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 0.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2022

Ess Transportation Inc's TCR rose 0.9 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.9 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Damascus, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/16
  • PHOTO Hazel Trucking Compa…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hazel Trucking Company L.L.C. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ess Transportation Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ess Transportation Inc averages 0.5 TCR (10% of the Bulk liquids trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Ess Transportation Inc TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Ess Transportation Inc falls in its industry

1,130 Bulk liquids trucking, local establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 16 Bulk liquids trucking, local employers in Arkansas.

Ess Transportation Inc (79 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ess Transportation Inc
Ess Transportation Inc (79 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ess Transportation Inc has more employees than the Bulk liquids trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · AR · Damascus

1,130 Bulk liquids trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 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 Hazel Trucking Company L.L.C. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belfield 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDM Transportation 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Petro-Chemical Transport 51075 Harlingen 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Morrilton Packing Company, Inc 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glatfelter 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Recycled Fayetteville (USYH) 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evonik Osceola Facility 79 FTE
NAT-TCR Children'S National 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR West Caldwell 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Smyth IDC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Piggly Wiggly #603 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE CareGivers America LLC Sayre 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Long Beach Vehicle Distribution Operations 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Pepperdine Univ-Waves Cafe 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brownstown 79 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.