Trucking, general freight, local · Virginia

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc.

Name: J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Drakes Branch, VA · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade A.

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc.: 1.7 TCR = 38% of Trucking, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. safety composite

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.69 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2016→2019

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. injury rate improved

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 1.9 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 38% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #12/59
PHOTO Charleston
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charleston (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. averages 1.7 TCR (38% of the Trucking, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=0.7 · BLS 4.5

Where J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 Trucking, general freight, loc establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 59 Trucking, general freight, loc employers in Virginia.

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. (90 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

J.R. Tharpe Trucking Co, Inc. 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
2019	0.7	0.7	1
2018	2.5	2.5	3
2016	1.9	1.9	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · VA · Drakes Branch

2,784 Trucking, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 4 employers in Drakes Branch, 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	Charleston	HANAHAN, SC	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Samsydow Corporation	FORT WASHINGTON, MD	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DCC : 5533-00 Bridgestone-DCC/Ontario, CA	ONTARIO, CA	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LINC 8528 (Tempe, AZ) - F	TEMPE, AZ	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Chesapeake	CHESAPEAKE	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Timberlake Cabinetry - A Division of American Woodmark	LEESBURG	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	B&B SIGNAL COMPANY LLC.	MANASSAS	90 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Professional Fire Protection	NORFOLK	90 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CWT, Inc.	Drakes Branch	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Drakes Branch Manufacturing, LLC	Drakes Branch	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stanley Land & Lumber Corporation	Drakes Branch	21 FTE
NAT-TCR	International Converter - Iuka	Iuka, MS	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Headquarters-Bensalem	Bensalem, PA	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Skyline Endoscopy Center	Loveland, CO	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkhorn Campus	Elkhorn, WI	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nizhoni Health Systems LLC- Stoughton	Stoughton, MA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Francisco Corporate	San Francisco, CA	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Copper and Brass Sales - Northwood	Norhtwood, OH	90 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HPASC01	State College, PA	90 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, 2016. 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.