Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Alabama

Gadsden GAD

Gadsden, AL · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gadsden GAD runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Gadsden GAD: 3.8 TCR = 83% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gadsden GAD safety composite

Gadsden GAD scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.9

2016→2024

Gadsden GAD injury rate improved

Gadsden GAD's TCR fell 3.9 from 3.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.9 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Gadsden, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 83% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #18/62
  • PHOTO CA-Santa Clara-390-R…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CA-Santa Clara-390-Reddaway (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gadsden GAD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gadsden GAD averages 3.8 TCR (83% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Gadsden GAD TCR series: 2016=3.9 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=11.2 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=6 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Gadsden GAD falls in its industry

3,020 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 62 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Alabama.

Gadsden GAD (35 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Gadsden GAD
Gadsden GAD (35 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Gadsden GAD has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2022 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 11.2 11.2 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2016 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · AL · Gadsden

3,020 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 82 employers in Gadsden, 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 CA-Santa Clara-390-Reddaway 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA-Line Lexington-143-YRC Freight 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lancer Transportation & Logistics 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valdosta GA FXFE-VLD 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Division Jasper Business Office 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2020 Osha form 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ozark Safety Services, LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell & Bush, Inc. 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Goodyear Gadsden Alabama 1,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gadsden Regional Medical Center 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Processing Plant 1,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Foods Gadsden Plant 850 FTE
NAT-TCR The Heights of Tomball 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Ocmulgee Electric Membership Corporation 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Burton Blvd 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Surlean Foods San Antonio 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Owensboro OWN 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Port Arthur Tx of 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kerr Concentrates - Oxnard Facility 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paulson Electric Co. of Dubuque 35 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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