Bulk liquids trucking, local · Georgia

Howard Sheppard - Augusta

Augusta, GA · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Sheppard - Augusta runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Bulk liquids trucking, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Howard Sheppard - Augusta: 3.4 TCR = 76% of Bulk liquids trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Sheppard - Augusta safety composite

Howard Sheppard - Augusta scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.6

2021→2024

Howard Sheppard - Augusta injury rate improved

Howard Sheppard - Augusta's TCR fell 6.6 from 7.8 in 2021 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.8 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Augusta, GA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/40
  • PHOTO 9613-0362
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9613-0362 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howard Sheppard - Augusta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Sheppard - Augusta averages 3.4 TCR (76% of the Bulk liquids trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Howard Sheppard - Augusta TCR series: 2021=7.8 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Howard Sheppard - Augusta falls in its industry

1,130 Bulk liquids trucking, local establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 40 Bulk liquids trucking, local employers in Georgia.

Howard Sheppard - Augusta (57 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Sheppard - Augusta
Howard Sheppard - Augusta (57 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Howard Sheppard - Augusta has more employees than the Bulk liquids trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2022 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2021 7.8 3.4 5 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · GA · Augusta

1,130 Bulk liquids trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 373 employers in Augusta, GA · 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 9613-0362 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR TESTA TRUCKING, INC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR M.C. Tank Transport, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Augusta 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Noah's Ark Operating - 1704 Noah's Ark Rd. Jonesboro 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE RWAllen 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cope Closets Concepts 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeSoto III Solar Farm 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR AUGUSTA COKE 9,165 FTE
CITY-NEAR AUGUSTA FOOD 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR AUGUSTA PACKERS 8,650 FTE
CITY-NEAR AU Medical Center, Inc. 5,630 FTE
NAT-TCR Berwick Hospital Center 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverton Operator 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ASC-Engineered Solutions WHS 300 Commerce, CA. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 5275 - Greenwood 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Native Landscapes Inc 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Early Childhood Education Center 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conditioned Air Inc 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bolingbrook, IL - Windham Pkwy 57 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.