Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Iowa
Heartland Express Corporate
North Liberty, IA · ~2,211 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 3
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Express Corporate runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Heartland Express Corporate: 2.9 TCR = 65% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Express Corporate safety composite
Heartland Express Corporate scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.92 per 100 workers
Safer than 52% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 55% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 3
Safer than 0% 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
−0.4
2016→2024
Heartland Express Corporate injury rate improved
Heartland Express Corporate's TCR fell 0.4 from 3.0 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.0 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · North Liberty, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #40/69
- PHOTO BW Mitchum Trucking
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 761 inj
- SIZE ~2,211 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: BW Mitchum Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Express Corporate in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Express Corporate
2.9 TCR
- BW Mitchum Tru
BW Mitchum Trucking
2.9 TCR
- Seward Motor F
Seward Motor Freight, Inc.
2.9 TCR
- IAH LTL
IAH LTL
2.9 TCR
- Baggett Transp
Baggett Transportation Company
2.9 TCR
What this shows Heartland Express Corporate averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Heartland Express Corporate TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=3 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 4.5
Where Heartland Express Corporate falls in its industry
3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishmentsSafer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 69 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Iowa.
Heartland Express Corporate has more 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 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 105 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 137 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 123 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 102 | 5 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · IA · North Liberty
3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 21 employers in North Liberty, IA · 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 | BW Mitchum Trucking | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seward Motor Freight, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | IAH LTL | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baggett Transportation Company | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | TMC Transportation - Corporate | 2,208 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mercy Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Whirlpool - Amana | 2,230 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JBS Marshalltown | 2,231 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Liberty | 423 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NIS, LLC North Liberty | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FAREWAY STORES, INC. 993 NORTH LIBERTY | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of North Liberty | 104 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | NEWARK | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rfc Il | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wm Blanchard Co | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C.W. Roberts Contracting Freeport Division | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Txcan - Houston (Canino) Hub | 2,211 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU6 | 2,210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waukesha Memorial Hospital | 2,210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Doctors Hospital West | 2,210 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.