General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Mississippi
Howard Transportation
Ellisville, MS · ~168 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Howard Transportation runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
Howard Transportation: 4.8 TCR = 106% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Howard Transportation safety composite
Howard Transportation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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
−4.0
2016→2024
Howard Transportation injury rate improved
Howard Transportation's TCR fell 4.0 from 4.7 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.7 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Ellisville, MS ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 106% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #35/44
- PHOTO Smith Trucking Inc
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 72 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Smith Trucking Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Howard Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Howard Transportation
4.8 TCR
- Smith Trucking
Smith Trucking Inc
4.8 TCR
- 6223-702
6223-702
4.8 TCR
- JR Simplot Com
JR Simplot Company, Food-Trans-Pasco
4.8 TCR
- BCP Transporta
BCP Transportation, Inc.
4.8 TCR
What this shows Howard Transportation averages 4.8 TCR (106% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Howard Transportation TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=7.2 · 2018=9.1 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.1 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Howard Transportation falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 44 General freight trucking, long employers in Mississippi.
Howard Transportation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · MS · Ellisville
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 19 employers in Ellisville, MS · 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 | Smith Trucking Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6223-702 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JR Simplot Company, Food-Trans-Pasco | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BCP Transportation, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 2662-3095 | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Attala County Nursing Center | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tupelo container | 167 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TOWER AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS USA1 - MADISON | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howard Technology Solutions | 441 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Howard Industries Inc. (Substation) | 191 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Operations Office | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tanner Construction Company Inc | 119 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Select Specialty Hospital - Madison, Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heritage Hall Wise | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jerseyville Manor | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Imperial Beef | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Elgin Industries | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Hall Big Stone Gap | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Heritage Hall Leesburg | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Muhlenberg College | 168 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.