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

Kroger (WC USX KOH)

Delaware, OH · ~96 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kroger (WC USX KOH) runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Kroger (WC USX KOH): 4.2 TCR = 93% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kroger (WC USX KOH) safety composite

Kroger (WC USX KOH) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−5.1

2016→2019

Kroger (WC USX KOH) injury rate improved

Kroger (WC USX KOH)'s TCR fell 5.1 from 7.6 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.6 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Delaware, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 93% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #117/186
  • PHOTO 010 McCollister's Tr…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 010 McCollister's Trans (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kroger (WC USX KOH) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kroger (WC USX KOH) averages 4.2 TCR (93% 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 KOH) TCR series: 2016=7.6 · 2017=4.9 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Kroger (WC USX KOH) falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 34% 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 #117 safest of 186 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Ohio.

Kroger (WC USX KOH) (96 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 KOH)
Kroger (WC USX KOH) (96 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kroger (WC USX KOH) 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
2019 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 2 0 0
2017 4.9 3.3 6 0 0
2016 7.6 7.6 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OH · Delaware

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 · 99 employers in Delaware, 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 010 McCollister's Trans 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agri-Empresa Transportation - Midland 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR MFPS Transport Valdosta 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Linton Terminal 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Layer Site 1 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE YOUNGSTOWN SHOP 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Archiable Electric Company 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Electric Company - Cincinnati 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR 193-DC001 777 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grady Memorial Hospital 666 FTE
CITY-NEAR Delaware 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advance Auto Parts DC 23 414 FTE
NAT-TCR PTI Santa Rosa 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 856-NiSource-Brockton MA 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 234 - Topeka 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 91 - Waukesha 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Tenet Desert Regional M/C Evs 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plimpton and Hills Branch 1 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hanul Corp. 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Structural Steel Erector 96 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: 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.