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

Heartland Express Medford

Medford, OR · ~42 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heartland Express Medford runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Heartland Express Medford: 7.0 TCR = 155% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Express Medford safety composite

Heartland Express Medford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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 Medford: 3.9 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 10.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2024

Heartland Express Medford's TCR rose 2.0 from 3.9 in 2020 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Medford, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 155% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #36/47
  • PHOTO HOLLAND TRANSFER COM…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HOLLAND TRANSFER COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Heartland Express Medford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heartland Express Medford averages 7.0 TCR (155% 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 Medford TCR series: 2020=3.9 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=6 · BLS 4.5

Where Heartland Express Medford falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 47 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Oregon.

Heartland Express Medford (42 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Heartland Express Medford
Heartland Express Medford (42 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Heartland Express Medford has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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 6.0 6.0 3 0 0
2023 6.3 6.3 3 0 0
2022 10.2 4.1 5 0 0
2021 8.4 2.1 4 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OR · Medford

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 250 employers in Medford, OR · 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 HOLLAND TRANSFER COMPANY 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FAF SEA 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Dairy Transport LLC 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Direct Transport Inc. 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kiyokawa Family Orchards 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland Meadow Nursery 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ZX Ranch - Paisley 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE GREENUP ENTERPRISES, INC. 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harry and David Operations Inc 2,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR OR343 PROVIDENCE MEDFORD MEDICAL CENTER HR 1,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2252-00000590 1,130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lithia Motors Support Services 677 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Burbank - Public Works - Building Maintenance 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Temperature Specialists-Temecula 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Silvi Concrete of Brick 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LPFP- Fort Worth Prime 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ste. Genevieve Terminal 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Henkel U.S Operations 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilliard OH 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE G&R Mechanical, Inc. 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.