Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Ohio

Kroger (WC USX KBA)

Blue Ash, OH · ~81 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kroger (WC USX KBA) runs at 285% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Kroger (WC USX KBA): 12.8 TCR = 285% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kroger (WC USX KBA) safety composite

Kroger (WC USX KBA) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−11.9

2017→2021

Kroger (WC USX KBA) injury rate improved

Kroger (WC USX KBA)'s TCR fell 11.9 from 21.9 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=21.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=19.8 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Blue Ash, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 285% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #182/186
  • PHOTO FSR Trucking Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~81 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FSR Trucking Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kroger (WC USX KBA) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kroger (WC USX KBA) averages 12.8 TCR (285% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Kroger (WC USX KBA) TCR series: 2017=21.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=19.8 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=10 · BLS 4.5

Where Kroger (WC USX KBA) falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #182 safest of 186 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Ohio.

Kroger (WC USX KBA) (81 employees, TCR 12.8) 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 Kroger (WC USX KBA)
Kroger (WC USX KBA) (81 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kroger (WC USX KBA) has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a higher 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
2021 10.0 6.7 9 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 9 0 0
2019 19.8 18.0 22 0 0
2018 4.7 4.7 5 0 0
2017 21.9 21.9 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OH · Blue Ash

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 42 employers in Blue Ash, 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 FSR Trucking Inc 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Victory Services Harrisburg 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Platte Terminal 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IA-Maquoketa-Family Dollar 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE A-1 Egg Farm 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ohio's Electric Cooperatives 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zanesville Service Center 81 FTE
STATE-SIZE Combs Interior Specialties, Inc. 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR Steelcraft 699 FTE
CITY-NEAR OH_Blue Ash_10920 Kenwood Rd._54520003 429 FTE
CITY-NEAR 414-DC002 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00942 230 FTE
NAT-TCR Ron's Portable Buildings 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Colonial Metal Products, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FSR Trucking Inc 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0034-0034-00852 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Groendyke Transport - Hutchinson 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kenton Manor 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse 81 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minnequa Medicenter 81 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.