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

Kinston, NC

Kinston, NC · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kinston, NC runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Kinston, NC: 0.8 TCR = 19% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kinston, NC safety composite

Kinston, NC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−3.7

2016→2023

Kinston, NC injury rate improved

Kinston, NC's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Kinston, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/125
  • PHOTO BEAUMONT TERMINAL
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BEAUMONT TERMINAL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kinston, NC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kinston, NC averages 0.8 TCR (19% 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

Kinston, NC TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=0.2 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Kinston, NC falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 125 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in North Carolina.

Kinston, NC (21 employees, TCR 0.8) 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 Kinston, NC
Kinston, NC (21 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kinston, NC has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.2 0.9 7 0 0
2017 0.2 0.2 1 0 0
2016 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · NC · Kinston

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 86 employers in Kinston, NC · 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 BEAUMONT TERMINAL 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kevin Ryman, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Houston, TX - 5220 Glenmont Dr 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Breinigsville, PA - 8001 Industrial Blvd 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Timothy Yarbrough 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty NC Breeders 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE NCJA1-SEL-JASON 1' 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunburst Trout Farms 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanderson Farms Kinston Processing 1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR Caswell Developmental Center 1,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Lenoir Health Care 843 FTE
CITY-NEAR UNC Health Lenoir 744 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 0112 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1783 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #1693 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #0996 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Rock - Durango 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida Dewatering 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hensley Battery Denver 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Smoky Hills Genetics, LLC. 21 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.