General freight trucking, local · Illinois

Kemco Trucking, Inc.

Elk Grove, IL · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kemco Trucking, Inc. runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Kemco Trucking, Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 135% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kemco Trucking, Inc. safety composite

Kemco Trucking, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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)
D 6.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kemco Trucking, Inc.: 3.4 → 8.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2017

Kemco Trucking, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Elk Grove, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 135% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #104/161
  • PHOTO AGB Trucking LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AGB Trucking LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kemco Trucking, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kemco Trucking, Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (135% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Kemco Trucking, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=8.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Kemco Trucking, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #104 safest of 161 General freight trucking, loca employers in Illinois.

Kemco Trucking, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 6.1) 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 Kemco Trucking, Inc.
Kemco Trucking, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Kemco Trucking, Inc. has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a higher 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
2017 8.8 7.7 8 0 0
2016 3.4 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Elk Grove

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 24 employers in Elk Grove, IL · 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 AGB Trucking LLC 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-155 TRACY ROAD 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KW TRANSPORTATION 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UDD 4361 - Northwood - F 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Jo-Carroll Energy - Elizabeth 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE 86 - Walsh Federal, LLC 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herlihy Mid-Continent Co. 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark Roofing Co. 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR LOCATION 23003 989 FTE
CITY-NEAR MC Machinery Systems, Inc. Headquarters 302 FTE
CITY-NEAR Groot East 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR FPM Heat Treating Elk Grove 149 FTE
NAT-TCR 83 Schofield Paintline - Production Facility 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PT610 - Pleasantville NJ Core 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Saddle Brook (Njsad) 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Paducah (Kypad) 6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coast to Coast Logistics LLC 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hc42-442-Westchester Care Center 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE NAPP Timber & Lumber 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE NSK11 - North Sky - Sherwood 83 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.