Motor freight carrier, general, local · Georgia

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville

Name: Howard Sheppard - Sandersville Workplace Safety Data
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Sandersville, GA · ~356 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville runs at 15% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade A.

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville: 0.7 TCR = 15% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville safety composite

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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 - Sandersville: 0.7 → 1.4 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2024

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville's TCR rose 0.7 from 0.7 in 2021 to 1.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 15% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #4/122
PHOTO Masyan Express, Inc
BOOK 4y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~356 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Masyan Express, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.7
Masyan Express

0.7
Lone Star Mate

0.7
CPG Newark

0.7
Savage Service

0.7

What this shows Howard Sheppard - Sandersville averages 0.7 TCR (15% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville TCR series: 2021=0.7 · 2022=0.5 · 2023=0.1 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Howard Sheppard - Sandersville falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 122 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Georgia.

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville (356 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Howard Sheppard - Sandersville 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
2024	1.4	0.7	6
2023	0.1	0.1	6
2022	0.5	0.5	4
2021	0.7	0.2	4

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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Masyan Express, Inc	SMYRNA, TN	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lone Star Materials and Asphalt	AUSTIN, TX	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CPG Newark	NEWARK, NJ	0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Savage Services - Wilmington	WILMINGTON, CA	0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Great Dane - Statesboro	STATESBORO	356 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Orgill Tifton Distribution Center	TIFTON	356 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Industrial Specialty Services	KENNESAW	355 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Phelps	DALTON	357 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howard Sheppard LLC	Sandersville	543 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Washington County Regional Medical Center	Sandersville	297 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Trojan Battery Company Sandersville	Sandersville	221 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1143	Sandersville	217 FTE
NAT-TCR	HAZSD03	Scottsdale, AZ	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	00850 Portland Power	Portland, OR	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Woodbury Supply Company Inc	Woodbury, CT	0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	NFI Management Services LLC-2 COOPER ST	Camden, NJ	0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	PCL Construction Services, Inc. - California Buildings	Glendale, CA	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1930 - Plainville	Plainville, MA	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Joseph M. Sanzari Inc	Hackensack, NJ	356 FTE
NAT-SIZE	10328 97th Street	New York, NY	356 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.

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