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

Kroger (WC USX KWO)

Woodlawn, OH · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kroger (WC USX KWO) runs at 156% 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 KWO): 7.0 TCR = 156% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kroger (WC USX KWO) safety composite

Kroger (WC USX KWO) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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 KWO): 0.0 → 9.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 11.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.01× in 2021

Kroger (WC USX KWO)'s TCR rose 9.4 from 0.0 in 2019 to 9.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Woodlawn, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 156% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #165/186
  • PHOTO Meyers Bros. Truckin…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meyers Bros. Trucking LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Kroger (WC USX KWO) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kroger (WC USX KWO) averages 7.0 TCR (156% 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 KWO) TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=9.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Kroger (WC USX KWO) 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 Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #165 safest of 186 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Ohio.

Kroger (WC USX KWO) (30 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 KWO)
Kroger (WC USX KWO) (30 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Kroger (WC USX KWO) has fewer 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 9.4 7.1 4 0 0
2020 11.7 11.7 6 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OH · Woodlawn

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 · 6 employers in Woodlawn, 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 Meyers Bros. Trucking LLC 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hill Brothers Transportation, Inc 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dedicated Joliet 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRIDGETON STL 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tuente Farms Inc 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm 3 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trillium Farms Layer 6 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton Hatchery 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Glendale Place Nursing and Rehab 179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mane Inc. Woodlawn Production 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enterprise Vending 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Woodlawn Operations 57 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Freight Lines Inc- Nashville 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn Chicago Bloomingdale 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CFS SoCal - Anaheim 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ADESA Memphis 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Family Dollar (WC USX FKY) 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Savannah EM 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Bend Resort and Adventures, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3097 Keystone 30 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. 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.