Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance · Illinois

Fort Transfer Company - Morton

Name: Fort Transfer Company - Morton Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Morton, IL · ~55 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fort Transfer Company - Morton runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Fort Transfer Company - Morton: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fort Transfer Company - Morton safety composite

Fort Transfer Company - Morton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Fort Transfer Company - Morton: 4.6 → 7.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 7.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2020

Fort Transfer Company - Morton's TCR rose 2.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Morton, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind

DART 7.5 DART
RANK #44/56
PHOTO Daily Express, Inc.
BOOK 4y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Daily Express, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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5.6
Daily Express,

5.6
HTC LaPorte

5.6
FAYETTEVILLE T

5.5
AG Trucking 80

5.5

What this shows Fort Transfer Company - Morton averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance BLS benchmark).

Fort Transfer Company - Morton TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=6.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Fort Transfer Company - Morton falls in its industry

1,026 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemica establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 56 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemica employers in Illinois.

Fort Transfer Company - Morton (55 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Fort Transfer Company - Morton has more employees than the Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, 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
2020	7.5	7.5	1	0
2018	4.2	2.1	1	1
2017	6.1	4.0	1	2
2016	4.6	4.6	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IL · Morton

1,026 Tanker trucking (e.g., chemical, juice, milk, petroleum), long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Morton, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Daily Express, Inc.	CARLISLE, PA	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HTC LaPorte	LAPORTE, TX	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FAYETTEVILLE TRAFFIC	FAYETTEVILLE, TN	5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AG Trucking 80015 - Charlotte	CHARLOTTE, NC	5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Illinois	WHITE HALL	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0G6 - Gas Storage	DECATUR	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BS&T Construction	ADDISON	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JOSCO Construction Services, Inc	JOLIET	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morton Parts Distribution Center	Morton	1,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Matcor Metal Fabrication Morton	Morton	426 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Morton Industries LLC	Morton	349 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5157	Morton	294 FTE
NAT-TCR	Anchor Fire Protection Company	Perkiomenville, PA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	62 El Dorado	Shingle Springs, CA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arrow Exterminators Duluth	Duluth, GA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Smithfield Direct- North Florida	Lake City, FL	5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hendersonville Family YMCA	Hendersonville, NC	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Weaver Bessemer	Bessemer, AL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Versa	Davenport, IA	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LPA High School	Lake Park, MN	55 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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