Motor freight carrier, general, local · Georgia

Howard Sheppard LLC

Sandersville, GA · ~543 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Sheppard LLC runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Howard Sheppard LLC: 3.2 TCR = 71% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Sheppard LLC safety composite

Howard Sheppard LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2020

Howard Sheppard LLC injury rate improved

Howard Sheppard LLC's TCR fell 2.6 from 4.5 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.5 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Sandersville, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #49/122
  • PHOTO Pitt Ohio - East Win…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~543 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pitt Ohio - East Windsor (0.0 TCR gap)

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Howard Sheppard LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Sheppard LLC averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

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

Howard Sheppard LLC TCR series: 2016=4.5 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Howard Sheppard LLC falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 122 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Georgia.

Howard Sheppard LLC (543 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Sheppard LLC
Howard Sheppard LLC (543 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Howard Sheppard LLC has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, local 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
2020 1.9 0.9 10 3 0
2016 4.5 2.8 20 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · GA · Sandersville

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Pitt Ohio - East Windsor 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Day & Ross- Maine 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TXPHA - MILES PHARR 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TXGDY - EL PASO 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA - Kennesaw 543 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwire Carrollton Utility Products Plant 541 FTE
STATE-SIZE voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville, LLC 545 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3074 KENNESAW CALL CENTER 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Sheppard - Sandersville 356 FTE
CITY-NEAR Washington County Regional Medical Center 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trojan Battery Company Sandersville 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1143 217 FTE
NAT-TCR Buford Thompson Company Fort Worth 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Section 14 - Pellicano 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinois Branch 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR El Toro Store 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE PCS Wireless, LLC 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE BorgWarner 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anaren Microwave, Inc 543 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6795-86012B0599 543 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: 2020, 2016. 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.