Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) · Indiana

Klink Trucking South Bend

South Bend, IN · ~54 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Klink Trucking South Bend runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) workplace, earning a grade D.

Klink Trucking South Bend: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Klink Trucking South Bend safety composite

Klink Trucking South Bend scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−5.2

2017→2024

Klink Trucking South Bend injury rate improved

Klink Trucking South Bend's TCR fell 5.2 from 9.2 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.2 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · South Bend, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #31/38
  • PHOTO WMSC Transportation
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~54 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WMSC Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Klink Trucking South Bend in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Klink Trucking South Bend averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) BLS benchmark).

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

Klink Trucking South Bend TCR series: 2017=9.2 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=2 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=4 · BLS 4.5

Where Klink Trucking South Bend falls in its industry

1,130 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, s establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 38 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, s employers in Indiana.

Klink Trucking South Bend (54 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Klink Trucking South Bend
Klink Trucking South Bend (54 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Klink Trucking South Bend has more employees than the Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top s median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2023 7.7 3.9 3 1 0
2022 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2021 8.7 8.7 4 0 0
2017 9.2 5.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · IN · South Bend

1,130 Dump trucking (e.g., gravel, sand, top soil) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 318 employers in South Bend, IN · 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 WMSC Transportation 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pasco T & M 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR RMP Transportation Inc--Ravenna 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mount Joy Farmers Co-op Association 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Indianapolis 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardmore TC Service Center 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clark County REMC 54 FTE
STATE-SIZE 800-DREES-INDIANAPOLIS 54 FTE
CITY-NEAR Memorial Hospital South Bend 2,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Joseph County 1,298 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fourwinds Casino South Bend 1,021 FTE
CITY-NEAR Honeywell IN08 810 FTE
NAT-TCR Martin & Sons Excavating, Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 603TRO 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal Fabricating, Inc. - Corporate Office 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Base - Copperas Cove 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Forrest Trucking 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE PPI 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Felt Plant 54 FTE
NAT-SIZE Point West RMC 54 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2017. 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.