General freight trucking, local · South Carolina

Herk Transport, Inc.

Easley, SC · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herk Transport, Inc. runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Herk Transport, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 124% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herk Transport, Inc. safety composite

Herk Transport, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Herk Transport, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Herk Transport, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 3.6 in 2021 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.6 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Easley, SC ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #47/63
  • PHOTO GAMAV - ATLANTA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GAMAV - ATLANTA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herk Transport, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herk Transport, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Herk Transport, Inc. TCR series: 2021=3.6 · 2022=10.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Herk Transport, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 63 General freight trucking, loca employers in South Carolina.

Herk Transport, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Herk Transport, Inc.
Herk Transport, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Herk Transport, Inc. has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2022 10.3 10.3 2 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · SC · Easley

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,610 rated employers in South Carolina with headcount on file · 56 employers in Easley, SC · 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 GAMAV - ATLANTA 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chrysler Portland TSP 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR JJ Tri-State Delivery Service, Inc. 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Apache Logistics, Inc 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Conway Service Center and Warehouse 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE FLORENCE DISTRICT OFFICE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Delivery Operations (Charleston) 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Darlington County Water & Sewer Authority 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY MEDICAL CAMPUS 570 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yokohama Industries Americas South Carolina, LLC 395 FTE
CITY-NEAR BAPTIST EASLEY MED CAMPUS 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 631 319 FTE
NAT-TCR DJE9 Lyfeline Logistics Management 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - RIC5 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - PHL7 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR JEC Miller Inc 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Smc Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-Tech Energy Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCarthy Tire Service #44 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sizemore Welding, Inc. 35 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.