General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota
Kottke Trucking Inc.
Buffalo Lake, MN · ~168 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kottke Trucking Inc. runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 16
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Kottke Trucking Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.1 to the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (47% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Kottke Trucking Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Kottke Trucking Inc. falls in its industry
3,776 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 81 General freight trucking, long employers in Minnesota.
Trend analysis for Kottke Trucking Inc.
Between 2019 and 2023, Kottke Trucking Inc.'s Total Case Rate improved from 2.4 to 1.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 24% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 1.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 2.4, a spread of 0.6 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Kottke Trucking Inc. recorded 5 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 16 injuries shown on this page for Kottke Trucking Inc. are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 484121 - General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 440,000 hours worked = 1.82 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kottke Trucking Inc. (this establishment) | 2.11 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 484121 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Kottke Trucking Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2023: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 3 reportable incidents · 3 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 222.2 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Kottke Trucking Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 47% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) benchmark, Kottke Trucking Inc. reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.