General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Arizona
Heartland Express Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Heartland Express Phoenix runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.
Heartland Express Phoenix: 3.3 TCR = 73% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Heartland Express Phoenix safety composite
Heartland Express Phoenix scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 10% 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 Phoenix: 6.7 → 10.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.06× in 2024
Heartland Express Phoenix's TCR rose 3.4 from 6.7 in 2016 to 10.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Phoenix, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 73% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #26/43
- PHOTO MTS Louisville
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MTS Louisville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Heartland Express Phoenix in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Heartland Express Phoenix
3.3 TCR
- MTS Louisville
MTS Louisville
3.3 TCR
- Exxact Transpo
Exxact Transport, Inc
3.3 TCR
- Guardian Corsi
Guardian Corsicana
3.3 TCR
- Building Syste
Building Systems Transportation
3.3 TCR
What this shows Heartland Express Phoenix averages 3.3 TCR (73% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Heartland Express Phoenix TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=6.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Heartland Express Phoenix falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 43 General freight trucking, long employers in Arizona.
Heartland Express Phoenix 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 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · AZ · Phoenix
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 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 | MTS Louisville | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Exxact Transport, Inc | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Guardian Corsicana | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Building Systems Transportation | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Nakase Brothers Wholesale Nursery AZ | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eloy Farm | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McClintock Dairy, LLP - MDL266 | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Coolidge | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Maricopa County | 15,504 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Phoenix Children's Hospital | 7,575 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | All Company | 6,261 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030500 | 6,153 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Construction | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 154 Chiquita | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Eagle #0043 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Major Pharmacueticals Indianapolis | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Goldman Equipment, LLC - Alexandria | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gold Star Feed and Grain, LLC Adams Center NY | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Daily Journal | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 037-COL | 23 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.