General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Iowa
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc
Dubuque, IA · ~1,110 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc: 4.2 TCR = 93% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc safety composite
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% 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
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc: 2.7 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 86.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2022
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc's TCR rose 2.2 from 2.7 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 86.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Dubuque, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 93% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #49/69
- PHOTO Moberly (Onsite at W…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 440 inj
- SIZE ~1,110 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Moberly (Onsite at Walmart) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc
4.2 TCR
- Moberly (Onsit
Moberly (Onsite at Walmart)
4.2 TCR
- HENIFF TRANSPO
HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - KANKAKEE, IL
4.2 TCR
- Peachtree City
Peachtree City Office
4.2 TCR
- CHS CST
CHS CST
4.2 TCR
What this shows Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc averages 4.2 TCR (93% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=7.2 · 2021=86.3 · 2022=4.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 69 General freight trucking, long employers in Iowa.
Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 120 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 86.3 | 44.3 | 98 | 13 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 74 | 18 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · IA · Dubuque
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, IA · 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 | Moberly (Onsite at Walmart) | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - KANKAKEE, IL | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Peachtree City Office | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CHS CST | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Foods Denison IA | 1,103 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mercy Medical Center | 1,099 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters | 1,123 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-City Electric Co. | 1,124 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John Deere Dubuque Works | 2,518 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE | 1,296 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Dubuque | 1,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital | 835 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Bed Bath and Beyond Sir Barton Way Lexington | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | college park industries warren | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spring Plant RMC | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | US3 - Spartanburg Plant | 1,110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amzl : Dsf4 | 1,110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Minneapolis Police Department | 1,110 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sierra Conservation Center | 1,110 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.