Trucking, general freight, local · Pennsylvania

Hardinger South

Grove City, PA · ~20 workers · 4 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

Hardinger South runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Hardinger South: 3.8 TCR = 84% of Trucking, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardinger South safety composite

Hardinger South scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−3.0

2021→2024

Hardinger South injury rate improved

Hardinger South's TCR fell 3.0 from 6.6 in 2021 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.6 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Grove City, PA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 84% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #63/194
  • PHOTO Custom Ecology, Inc.…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Custom Ecology, Inc.-Walker (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hardinger South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hardinger South averages 3.8 TCR (84% of the Trucking, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

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

Hardinger South TCR series: 2021=6.6 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Hardinger South falls in its industry

2,784 Trucking, general freight, loc establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 194 Trucking, general freight, loc employers in Pennsylvania.

Hardinger South (20 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Hardinger South
Hardinger South (20 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Hardinger South has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.9 4.9 1 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · PA · Grove City

2,784 Trucking, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grove City, PA · 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 Custom Ecology, Inc.-Walker 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.C. Transport 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPC Transportation 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR LOUISVILLE (KYEBP) 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE VanBlarcom 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Matterns Hatchery 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brookfield Renewable - Holtwood 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Springdale 3,4,5 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Grove City, PA 585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grove City Engine 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec Grove City Engine 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR UX-Grove City, PA 430 FTE
NAT-TCR National Aquarium Pier 3 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Wood River, IL Lab 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5813 - San Antonio 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Jacksonville-Sunoco LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wyndemere Homeowners Association 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simmons Feed & Supply LLC DBA Simmons Grain Co 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wildman Business Group - Indy Depot 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.