General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Texas
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport
Highlands, TX · ~110 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport falls in its industry
3,776 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #203 safest of 372 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport has an average TCR of 2.3, which is 50% of the industry average (4.5) for General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL). This is significantly better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport
Between 2022 and 2024, Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's Total Case Rate worsened from 1.2 to 5.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 328% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 0.6, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 5.0, a spread of 4.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport recorded 11 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 484121 - General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 362,333 hours worked = 3.31 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport (this establishment) | 2.25 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 484121 |
| Texas state avg (all industries) | 3.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 10 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 50% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) benchmark, Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.