Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Ohio

J.Rayl Transport - Akron

Name: J.Rayl Transport - Akron Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Akron, OH · ~219 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.0
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

J.Rayl Transport - Akron runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

J.Rayl Transport - Akron: 4.0 TCR = 90% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

J.Rayl Transport - Akron safety composite

J.Rayl Transport - Akron scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35% 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).

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−0.6

2017→2018

J.Rayl Transport - Akron injury rate improved

J.Rayl Transport - Akron's TCR fell 0.6 from 4.3 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.3 · 2018=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Akron, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 90% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #116/186
PHOTO Fort Worth, TX- DC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 26 inj
SIZE ~219 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fort Worth, TX- DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows J.Rayl Transport - Akron averages 4.0 TCR (90% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

J.Rayl Transport - Akron TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where J.Rayl Transport - Akron falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #116 safest of 186 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Ohio.

J.Rayl Transport - Akron (219 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

J.Rayl Transport - Akron has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis 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
2018	3.7	3.1	12	0	0
2017	4.3	3.4	14	0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OH · Akron

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Fort Worth, TX- DC	FORT WORTH, TX	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Drake Refrigerated Lines, LLC	TERRELL, TX	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6223-645	COLUMBIA, MD	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TRANS VALLEY TRANSPORT INC	GILROY, CA	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Peck Hannaford + Briggs Company	CINCINNATI	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mayfran International	CLEVELAND	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Trailer Component Manufacturing - 3UL 8200	MENTOR	219 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Great Lakes Petroleum Co.	CLEVELAND	219 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	Akron	6,746 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron Children's Hospital	Akron	6,060 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Summa Health - Akron City	Akron	4,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Akron General Medical Center	Akron	4,176 FTE
NAT-TCR	2904-ASM-DC	Any, DC	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bushwick- AZCO Steel NJ	South Plainfield, NJ	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Giant Eagle #3064	Pittsburgh, PA	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	CS Wholesale Grocers : Montgomery, AL (PDC)	Montgomery, AL	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Velociti Operational Headquarters	Riverside, MO	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Presence Sacred Heart Home	Avila, IN	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Summerville Center (Scsmv)	Summerville, SC	219 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Belton Center (Txbel)	Belton, TX	219 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: 2018, 2017. 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.