Semi-trailer manufacturing · Kentucky

Fruehauf Inc.

Bowling Green, KY · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fruehauf Inc. runs at 426% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Semi-trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Fruehauf Inc.: 14.1 TCR = 426% of Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fruehauf Inc. safety composite

Fruehauf Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−23.6

2022→2023

Fruehauf Inc. injury rate improved

Fruehauf Inc.'s TCR fell 23.6 from 25.9 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 25.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=25.9 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Bowling Green, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 426% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #9/9
  • PHOTO Doonan Specialized T…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Doonan Specialized Trailer, LLC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fruehauf Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fruehauf Inc. averages 14.1 TCR (426% of the Semi-trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fruehauf Inc. TCR series: 2022=25.9 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Fruehauf Inc. falls in its industry

474 Semi-trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers in Kentucky.

Fruehauf Inc. (59 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Fruehauf Inc.
Fruehauf Inc. (59 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Fruehauf Inc. has fewer employees than the Semi-trailer manufacturing 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
2023 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2022 25.9 2.4 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · KY · Bowling Green

474 Semi-trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 331 employers in Bowling Green, KY · 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 Doonan Specialized Trailer, LLC. 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western trailers 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cimarron Trailers K LLC 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR PALMER MACHINE WORKS, Inc. 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Futrell Farms, Inc. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Road Builders LLC dba Greenville Quarries 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Century Construction Inc 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3102 - Kentucky Lock Cofferdam 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green 2,237 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Medical Center at Bowling Green 1,872 FTE
CITY-NEAR Magna Bowling Green Metalforming 1,441 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bowling Green Metalforming 1,344 FTE
NAT-TCR SeaQuest Littleton LLC 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Magbee Contractors Supply BG 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Quality Relocation Services 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cameron St. 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Joe's Garage Coffee, LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Show Me Your Mumu LLC 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE B03 Medcrest -Lithia Springs 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse/Truckers 59 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: 2023, 2022. 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.