Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · Iowa

Gray Transportation Inc

Name: Gray Transportation Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waterloo, IA · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gray Transportation Inc runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Gray Transportation Inc: 5.8 TCR = 129% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gray Transportation Inc safety composite

Gray Transportation Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−4.0

2017→2018

Gray Transportation Inc injury rate improved

Gray Transportation Inc's TCR fell 4.0 from 7.8 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.8 · 2018=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind

DART 1.3 DART
RANK #13/15
PHOTO P&S Transportation W…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: P&S Transportation Wichita Falls, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Gray Transportation Inc averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Gray Transportation Inc TCR series: 2017=7.8 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Gray Transportation Inc falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in Iowa.

Gray Transportation Inc (128 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Gray Transportation Inc has more employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance 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
2018	3.8	1.3	6	0	0
2017	7.8	6.4	10	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IA · Waterloo

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, IA · 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	P&S Transportation Wichita Falls, TX	WICHITA FALLS, TX	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Action Resources - Salt Lake City	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	River City Transport, LLC	EAU CLAIRE, WI	5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Yarbrough Transfer Company	WINSTON SALEM, NC	5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DeWitt	DEWITT	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Council Bluffs	51502 - COUNCIL BLUFFS	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Concrete Technologies, Inc.	GRIMES	128 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oral-B Laboratories G.P. Power Oral Care	IOWA CITY	128 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Black Hawk County Extension	Waterloo	4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waterloo Pork Plant	Waterloo	2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	UnityPoint	Waterloo	2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations	Waterloo	1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR	AWS-Huntington	Huntington, WV	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	OCY - FR Itil	Fall River, MA	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	QuateOffice	Durham, NC	5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Redbird	Los Angeles, CA	5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1001-04 GoJet ORD In-Flight	Chicago, IL	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Richards Industries	Cincinnati, OH	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BWAY York	York, PA	128 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Marsh Lane Surgical Hospital LLC	Plano, TX	128 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: 2018, 2017. 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.