Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Virginia

Heartland Express Chester

Chester, VA · ~42 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heartland Express Chester runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Heartland Express Chester: 1.4 TCR = 31% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Express Chester safety composite

Heartland Express Chester scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−4.1

2016→2024

Heartland Express Chester injury rate improved

Heartland Express Chester's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Chester, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 31% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/70
  • PHOTO TTI- Beaumont, TX
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TTI- Beaumont, TX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heartland Express Chester in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heartland Express Chester averages 1.4 TCR (31% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Heartland Express Chester TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Heartland Express Chester falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 70 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Virginia.

Heartland Express Chester (42 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Heartland Express Chester
Heartland Express Chester (42 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Heartland Express Chester has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.1 3.0 1 1 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.1 1.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · VA · Chester

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 119 employers in Chester, VA · 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 TTI- Beaumont, TX 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Trucking 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FONTANA - SOCAL DRY 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCW INC- COL 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC - CHESTER 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE RIVERFRONT PLAZA (951 E Byrd) 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE WGL VA - Shenandoah 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Twin Enterprises Inc 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : RIC2 3,011 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC2 2,710 FTE
CITY-NEAR C.W. Wright Construction Company, LLC 697 FTE
CITY-NEAR CW Wright Construction 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Atkins, P-31877 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR RiceTec Danbury Seed Plant 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR TTI- Beaumont, TX 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kelley Trucking Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE McD Metals, LLC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smith County Middle School 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fountains at Greenbriar 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 027-BGR 42 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.