Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local · Virginia

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.

Name: Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Portsmouth, VA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.: 2.3 TCR = 50% of Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. safety composite

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−4.5

2018→2019

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. injury rate improved

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Portsmouth, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #19/59
PHOTO Long Brothers of Sum…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Long Brothers of Summerfield, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, establishments

Safer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 59 Transfer (trucking) services, employers in Virginia.

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Howell's Motor Freight, Inc. has fewer employees than the Transfer (trucking) services, general fr 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
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	4.5	4.5	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · VA · Portsmouth

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 137 employers in Portsmouth, VA · 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	Long Brothers of Summerfield, Inc	RURAL HALL, NC	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Mirande Company Inc	OAKLAND, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ventura Highway, Inc.	LOS ANGELES, CA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ryder 8565	CHARLOTTE, NC	2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eastville Farm	EASTVILLE	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOUTHAMPTON	FRANKLIN	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	L&D Well Service Inc	VANSANT	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Colonial Energy, Inc.	FAIRFAX	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Maryview Medical Center	Portsmouth	1,724 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia International Gateway	Portsmouth	926 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ceres Hampton Roads	Portsmouth	797 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia International Gateway by Virginia Interna	Portsmouth	545 FTE
NAT-TCR	Custom Seasoning Solutions	Rome, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	MVP Tuscumbia	Tuscumbia, AL	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Braddock Metallurgical-GA	Atlanta, GA	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	NDX Green	Heber Springs, AR	2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Gateway Tire & Service Center-Medina	Medina, OH	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hesselbein Tire of Louisiana	Gray, LA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gateway Tire & Service Center-Batesville	Batesville, MS	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tornado Alley Turbo, Inc.	Ada, OK	22 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: 2019, 2018. 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.