Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Wisconsin

Karls Transport Inc

Antigo, WI · ~135 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karls Transport Inc runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Karls Transport Inc: 5.1 TCR = 114% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karls Transport Inc safety composite

Karls Transport Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2017

Karls Transport Inc injury rate improved

Karls Transport Inc's TCR fell 0.7 from 5.5 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Antigo, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 5.1 · 114% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #111/145
  • PHOTO Colton Terminal
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colton Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Karls Transport Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karls Transport Inc averages 5.1 TCR (114% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Karls Transport Inc TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Karls Transport Inc falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #111 safest of 145 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Wisconsin.

Karls Transport Inc (135 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Karls Transport Inc
Karls Transport Inc (135 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Karls Transport Inc has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance 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
2017 4.8 3.6 8 0 0
2016 5.5 2.7 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · WI · Antigo

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 39 employers in Antigo, WI · 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 Colton Terminal 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Timco Logistics Systems 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chicago 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BGB Trucking, Inc 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cold Spring Egg Farm Inc. 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Asphalt 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Irish Road 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4360 Germantown Container 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Langlade Hospital 494 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3268 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amron, A Division of Amtec Corp 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3268 232 FTE
NAT-TCR 0388 - Kansas City, Mo 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Riverside (Cariv) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Warren Hollow Metal Doors and Frames, Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Opelika (Alope) 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Woodbridge Sales & Engineering 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beachcomber Beach Resort 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE 01-Memphis TN 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peapod Camp Hill, Pa 135 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: 2017, 2016. 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.