General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · California
Heartland Express Lathrop
Lathrop, CA · ~41 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Express Lathrop runs at 89% 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 Lathrop: 4.0 TCR = 89% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Express Lathrop safety composite
Heartland Express Lathrop scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−3.7
2017→2024
Heartland Express Lathrop injury rate improved
Heartland Express Lathrop's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.1 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=6.1 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Lathrop, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #145/218
- PHOTO Dist Trans - Ohio
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dist Trans - Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Express Lathrop in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Express Lathrop
4 TCR
- Dist Trans - O
Dist Trans - Ohio
4 TCR
- Columbus Termi
Columbus Terminal
4 TCR
- Venture Transp
Venture Transport - St Louis
4 TCR
- FAF RDU
FAF RDU
4 TCR
What this shows Heartland Express Lathrop averages 4.0 TCR (89% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Heartland Express Lathrop TCR series: 2017=6.1 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=5.6 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Heartland Express Lathrop falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #145 safest of 218 General freight trucking, long employers in California.
Heartland Express Lathrop 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 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · CA · Lathrop
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lathrop, CA · 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 | Dist Trans - Ohio | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Columbus Terminal | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Venture Transport - St Louis | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FAF RDU | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | George Jackson Farms, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CALAH - LATHROP HUB | 1,624 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LATHROP HUB (CALAH) | 970 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NA-US-CA-Lathrop-Harlan Rd-Manufacturing | 518 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2802_5346 | 516 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Park Rapids Clinic | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S03327 - Phoenix Hauling South | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aberdeen Road Company | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | National Plastek, Inc. | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Paul Bradigan & Sons, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Davie Yard 430 | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Strohecker Incorporated | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | District Wide | 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.