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.
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport: 2.3 TCR = 50% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport safety composite
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport: 1.2 → 5.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.47× in 2024
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport's TCR rose 3.8 from 1.2 in 2022 to 5.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Highlands, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #128/297
- PHOTO A.N. Webber, Inc. - …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~110 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee (0.0 TCR gap)
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Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport
2.3 TCR
- A.N. Webber, I
A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee
2.3 TCR
- Phoenix, AZ -
Phoenix, AZ - 625 S 27th Avenue
2.3 TCR
- Pompano Beach,
Pompano Beach, FL - NW 33rd
2.3 TCR
- Design Transpo
Design Transportation Services Inc
2.3 TCR
What this shows Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport TCR series: 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=5 · BLS 4.5
Where Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 297 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.
Highlands- Dry Bulk Transport has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower 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 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · TX · Highlands
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Highlands, TX · 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 | A.N. Webber, Inc. - Kankakee | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Phoenix, AZ - 625 S 27th Avenue | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pompano Beach, FL - NW 33rd | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Design Transportation Services Inc | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Freeport LNG HQ | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pearsall | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Communications Construction, Inc. | 110 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Invista Houston TX | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ZXP Technologies | 230 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plastipak- Highlands | 98 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FoodTown #209 | 93 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Highlands | 87 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Teknor Apex Company - Rhode Island | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | International Paper Kennett Square Warehouse | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shasta Beverages, inc Lenexa | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc. - Lansing | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | High Associates Ltd. | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Palram Americas-P2000 | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Grain Belt Supply Company Inc | 110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lewis Brothers Lumber Co., Inc. | 110 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.