Trucking, general freight, local · Virginia

James E Owen trucking

Forest, VA · ~58 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

James E Owen trucking runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade C.

James E Owen trucking: 3.8 TCR = 85% of Trucking, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

James E Owen trucking safety composite

James E Owen trucking scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

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%).

TCR Δ

−11.9

2018→2021

James E Owen trucking injury rate improved

James E Owen trucking's TCR fell 11.9 from 11.9 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.9 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/59
  • PHOTO SEAMENT TRANSPORTATI…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~58 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEAMENT TRANSPORTATION, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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James E Owen trucking in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows James E Owen trucking averages 3.8 TCR (85% of the Trucking, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

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

James E Owen trucking TCR series: 2018=11.9 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where James E Owen trucking falls in its industry

2,784 Trucking, general freight, loc establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 59 Trucking, general freight, loc employers in Virginia.

James E Owen trucking (58 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 James E Owen trucking
James E Owen trucking (58 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

James E Owen trucking has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2019 1.3 0.0 1 0 1
2018 11.9 11.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · VA · Forest

2,784 Trucking, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 37 employers in Forest, VA · 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 SEAMENT TRANSPORTATION, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HARRISBURG (PAMBG) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skagit Transportation North Bend 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR DSR Logistics Co. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lynchburg Service Center 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE 341-NiSource-Vint Hill VA 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golkin Corporation dba Paul Davis Restoration 58 FTE
STATE-SIZE Convert Solar 58 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newell Home Fragrance WoodWick 254 FTE
CITY-NEAR WoodWick Manufacturing 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentry 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sentry Equipment & Erectors Inc. 218 FTE
NAT-TCR SPAR Merchandising & Assembly Inc 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR K253-M001 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-TX02 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR North Greenville Med Campus 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fair Knoll Hatchery 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44371a - Daytona Beach Dc 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vernay Manufacturing Milledgeville Georgia 58 FTE
NAT-SIZE 43121c - Merrillville Dc 58 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.