General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Ohio
Heartland Express Columbus
Columbus, OH · ~41 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Express Columbus runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
Heartland Express Columbus: 4.4 TCR = 98% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Express Columbus safety composite
Heartland Express Columbus scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Heartland Express Columbus: 2.6 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 2.12× in 2024
Heartland Express Columbus's TCR rose 6.7 from 2.6 in 2020 to 9.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind
- DART 9.3 DART
- RANK #124/186
- PHOTO TQI
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: TQI (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Express Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Express Columbus
4.4 TCR
- TQI
TQI
4.4 TCR
- TNI - Napoleon
TNI - Napoleon, OH
4.4 TCR
- Wal Mart East
Wal Mart East OC
4.4 TCR
- North Atlanta
North Atlanta
4.4 TCR
What this shows Heartland Express Columbus averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Heartland Express Columbus TCR series: 2020=2.6 · 2021=2 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Heartland Express Columbus falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 186 General freight trucking, long employers in Ohio.
Heartland Express Columbus has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · OH · Columbus
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 | TQI | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TNI - Napoleon, OH | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wal Mart East OC | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Atlanta | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Great Lakes Growers LLC | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hoover Gardens & Gifts | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loadout Building | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Harrison Hub FRAC | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nationwide Children's Hospital | 13,367 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus | 10,116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverside Methodist Hospital | 9,759 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 | 5,057 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | World Arts, Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Plastic Products | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | River City Restoration Inc. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Republic | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | E H Construction LLC | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Missoula Electric Coop | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Remco, Inc. - Richmond | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Coast Energy Services, Inc. | 41 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.