Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance · Ohio

J Rayl Transport, Inc

Akron, OH · ~231 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

J Rayl Transport, Inc runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

J Rayl Transport, Inc: 2.2 TCR = 49% of Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J Rayl Transport, Inc safety composite

J Rayl Transport, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 1% 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%).

J Rayl Transport, Inc held a steady TCR band

J Rayl Transport, Inc's TCR held near 0.3 from 2.2 in 2021 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.2 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.2 · 49% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #22/70
  • PHOTO Transport Service 60…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~231 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Transport Service 60022 Midwest (0.0 TCR gap)

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J Rayl Transport, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows J Rayl Transport, Inc averages 2.2 TCR (49% of the Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

J Rayl Transport, Inc TCR series: 2021=2.2 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where J Rayl Transport, Inc falls in its industry

1,026 Tracked vehicle freight transp establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 70 Tracked vehicle freight transp employers in Ohio.

J Rayl Transport, Inc (231 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 J Rayl Transport, Inc
J Rayl Transport, Inc (231 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

J Rayl Transport, Inc has more employees than the Tracked vehicle freight transportation, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2022 2.8 2.1 8 0 1
2021 2.2 1.2 15 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · OH · Akron

1,026 Tracked vehicle freight transportation, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 512 employers in Akron, OH · 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 Transport Service 60022 Midwest 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR LGT Transport 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 60052 TSC Loudon 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Transfer 77001 - Morton, IL 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE GARDINER 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Inc. 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cleveland Distribution Center 231 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bridgestone APM FPD Plant #3 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron 6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron Children's Hospital 6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR Summa Health - Akron City 4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR Akron General Medical Center 4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR Hydrafab North West 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR GES New Jersey 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR English Family Enterprises DBA Grocery Outlet of Santa Teresa 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PA - Corteva 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - DAU2 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE SON Manufacturing Plant 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - PIT9 231 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gravois Aluminum Boats, LLC dba Metal Shark Boats 231 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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