General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Ohio
Knight Refrigerated Columbus
Columbus, OH · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knight Refrigerated Columbus runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
Knight Refrigerated Columbus: 1.0 TCR = 22% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knight Refrigerated Columbus safety composite
Knight Refrigerated Columbus scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% 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
−1.8
2021→2024
Knight Refrigerated Columbus injury rate improved
Knight Refrigerated Columbus's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=1.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 22% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #17/186
- PHOTO Heritage Freight Cor…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Freight Corporate Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knight Refrigerated Columbus in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knight Refrigerated Columbus
1 TCR
- Heritage Freig
Heritage Freight Corporate Office
1 TCR
- Knoxville Term
Knoxville Terminal
1 TCR
- Fontana, CA -
Fontana, CA - 10641 Calabash
1 TCR
- Rialto (Onsite
Rialto (Onsite Target)
1 TCR
What this shows Knight Refrigerated Columbus averages 1.0 TCR (22% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Knight Refrigerated Columbus TCR series: 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Knight Refrigerated Columbus falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 186 General freight trucking, long employers in Ohio.
Knight Refrigerated Columbus has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · OH · Columbus
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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 | Heritage Freight Corporate Office | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Knoxville Terminal | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fontana, CA - 10641 Calabash | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rialto (Onsite Target) | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Croton Pullet 2 | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chemsteel Construction Company | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BluSky Restoration Contractors Toledo | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Summit Construction Company LLC (Akron) | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nationwide Children's Hospital | 13,367 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus | 10,116 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riverside Methodist Hospital | 9,759 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 | 5,057 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mayser USA, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Teledyne FLIR, Goleta | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smith Berger Marine, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc Oceanside Ca. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales School | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Government Center | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Engineered Products (WA) | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.