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

Kroger (WC USX KIN)

Shelbyville, IN · ~73 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kroger (WC USX KIN) runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Kroger (WC USX KIN): 6.9 TCR = 154% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kroger (WC USX KIN) safety composite

Kroger (WC USX KIN) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Kroger (WC USX KIN): 5.4 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2021

Kroger (WC USX KIN)'s TCR rose 0.9 from 5.4 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Shelbyville, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.9 · 154% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #105/125
  • PHOTO Midwest Dairy Transp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Midwest Dairy Transport LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kroger (WC USX KIN) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kroger (WC USX KIN) averages 6.9 TCR (154% 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 KIN) TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2017=2 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=6.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Kroger (WC USX KIN) falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 125 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Indiana.

Kroger (WC USX KIN) (73 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 KIN)
Kroger (WC USX KIN) (73 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kroger (WC USX KIN) 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 6.4 5.1 5 0 0
2020 7.5 7.5 7 0 0
2019 7.8 6.7 7 0 0
2018 12.4 7.9 11 0 0
2017 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IN · Shelbyville

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 69 employers in Shelbyville, 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 Midwest Dairy Transport LLC 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Direct Transport Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brookville - Barber Trucking, Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tipton Trucking Co Inc 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE phil's fishing 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Noblesville Office 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Empire Contractors, Inc. 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Bargersville 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indiana Grand 1,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR HORSESHOE INDIANAPOLIS 877 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ryobi Die Casting (USA) INC 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penske : 5076-00 Kroger-DCM/Shelbyville, IN 581 FTE
NAT-TCR ORD-D 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR BD2 Maryland DC 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Aloha Air Cargo Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Five Star Laundry Texas 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cardinal Health Edison NJ 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Par Mar Corporate Office 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE DEN - Maintenance 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAA Main Office 73 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.