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

Karr Transportation

Smyrna, TN · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karr Transportation runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Karr Transportation: 2.1 TCR = 46% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karr Transportation safety composite

Karr Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 53%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

2018→2021

Karr Transportation injury rate improved

Karr Transportation's TCR fell 0.7 from 2.5 in 2018 to 1.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.5 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Smyrna, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 46% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #36/128
  • PHOTO Coppell, TX - West B…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coppell, TX - West Bethel Road (0.0 TCR gap)

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Karr Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karr Transportation averages 2.1 TCR (46% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Karr Transportation TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Karr Transportation falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 128 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Tennessee.

Karr Transportation (41 employees, TCR 2.1) 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 Karr Transportation
Karr Transportation (41 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Karr Transportation has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a lower 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
2021 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 2.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · TN · Smyrna

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 117 employers in Smyrna, TN · 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 Coppell, TX - West Bethel Road 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARIZONA DRY 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MLS-SANAN - MLS San Antonio 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KY-LOUISVILLE 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gallatin Department of Electricity 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc BAE Kingsport 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ronald Franks Construction Company, LLC 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Contracting Services, Inc. 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smyrna Vehicle Plant 6,459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yates Services, LLC @ Nissan Smyrna 1,196 FTE
CITY-NEAR TLC 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR Asurion 952 FTE
NAT-TCR Dsg Dresch 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, NA - West Lincoln 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Champion Oaks 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lancaster 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aviation Operations 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE FedEx Office Los Angeles CA Manufacturing 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE 43 RCT Jefferson 41 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, 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.