Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Pennsylvania

Hardinger Transfer

Erie, PA · ~203 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hardinger Transfer runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Hardinger Transfer: 5.0 TCR = 112% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hardinger Transfer safety composite

Hardinger Transfer scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−2.2

2016→2022

Hardinger Transfer injury rate improved

Hardinger Transfer's TCR fell 2.2 from 6.4 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.6 · 2022=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Erie, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #120/172
  • PHOTO MPS Trucking LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~203 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MPS Trucking LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hardinger Transfer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hardinger Transfer averages 5.0 TCR (112% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Hardinger Transfer TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=0.9 · 2020=3.6 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Hardinger Transfer falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 172 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Pennsylvania.

Hardinger Transfer (203 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hardinger Transfer
Hardinger Transfer (203 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Hardinger Transfer has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 4.3 0.9 5 0 0
2020 3.6 2.2 5 0 0
2019 0.9 0.5 2 0 0
2018 6.2 0.8 8 0 0
2017 8.7 3.1 11 0 0
2016 6.4 3.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · PA · Erie

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 473 employers in Erie, 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 MPS Trucking LLC 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metzler Brothers Transport 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Central Transport, Inc. Headquarter 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bybee 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stewart & Tate Inc. 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marcho Farms, Inc 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAPP Reading - 014 203 FTE
STATE-SIZE NOVA Chemicals, Beaver Valley Site 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR Supply Chain : Erie, PA 5,403 FTE
CITY-NEAR UPMC Hamot 2,675 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec-Erie 2,141 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL 2,135 FTE
NAT-TCR Stone Family Spreading 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RSSN Recycling Center 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 758 - Brentwood 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Edwards Machining Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Houston Airport Marriott 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Royal West Drywall, Inc. of Nevada 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newton Corning (NCP) 203 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fannin Regional Hospital 203 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.