Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local · Georgia

Howard Sheppard Bulk

Name: Howard Sheppard Bulk Workplace Safety Data
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Sandersville, GA · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Howard Sheppard Bulk runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local workplace, earning a grade C.

Howard Sheppard Bulk: 4.5 TCR = 100% of Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Sheppard Bulk safety composite

Howard Sheppard Bulk scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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): D 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Howard Sheppard Bulk: 2.7 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.4× in 2023

Howard Sheppard Bulk's TCR rose 3.6 from 2.7 in 2022 to 6.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Sandersville, GA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 100% of ind

DART 6.3 DART
RANK #76/122
PHOTO Perdido Trucking Ser…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Perdido Trucking Service (0.0 TCR gap)

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So Cal Livehau

4.5
Southern Haule

4.5
Bold Transport

4.5

What this shows Howard Sheppard Bulk averages 4.5 TCR (100% of the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local BLS benchmark).

Howard Sheppard Bulk TCR series: 2022=2.7 · 2023=6.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Howard Sheppard Bulk falls in its industry

2,784 Bulk mail truck transportation establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #76 safest of 122 Bulk mail truck transportation employers in Georgia.

Howard Sheppard Bulk (59 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Howard Sheppard Bulk has more employees than the Bulk mail truck transportation, contract median and a lower 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
2023	6.3	6.3	5	2	0
2022	2.7	2.7	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · GA · Sandersville

2,784 Bulk mail truck transportation, contract, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 26 employers in Sandersville, GA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Perdido Trucking Service	MOBILE, AL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	So Cal Livehaul Cherry	FRESNO, CA	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southern Haulers Calera	CALERA, AL	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bold Transportation	KANSAS CITY, KS	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	SolAmerica Energy	ATLANTA	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Crawford Grading, Inc.	LUTHERSVILLE	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Benton Georgia LLC SP	ATLANTA	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ANS:ANMAR - ANMAR - Marietta, GA	MARIETTA	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard Sheppard LLC	Sandersville	543 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard Sheppard - Sandersville	Sandersville	356 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Washington County Regional Medical Center	Sandersville	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Trojan Battery Company Sandersville	Sandersville	221 FTE
NAT-TCR	Lake Conroe	Willis, TX	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	DG - Durango	Durango, CO	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	white river electric association	Meeker, CO	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Enlightenment School	Waterbury, CT	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	M&M Transport - Franklin	Franklin, CT	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monterey Winery	Soledad, CA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Interstate Wire Company	Rockwall, TX	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grand Traverse County Road Commission	Traverse City, MI	59 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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