Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance · Ohio
Kuhnle Brothers Inc.
Newbury, OH · ~217 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kuhnle Brothers Inc. runs at 9% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 2
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Kuhnle Brothers Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 0.4 to the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark of 4.5 (9% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Kuhnle Brothers Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Kuhnle Brothers Inc. falls in its industry
1,129 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di establishmentsSafer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 81 Bulk liquids trucking, long-di employers in Ohio.
Trend analysis for Kuhnle Brothers Inc.
Between 2022 and 2023, Kuhnle Brothers Inc.'s Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 0.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 0.8, a spread of 0.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Kuhnle Brothers Inc. recorded 2 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 2 injuries shown on this page for Kuhnle Brothers Inc. are sourced from its own 2 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 484230 - Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance.
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.
2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 484,640 hours worked = 0.83 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kuhnle Brothers Inc. (this establishment) | 0.41 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 484230 |
| Ohio state avg (all industries) | 3.90 | 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 Kuhnle Brothers 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: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 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 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Kuhnle Brothers Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 9% of the Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance benchmark, Kuhnle Brothers 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 Bulk liquids trucking, long-distance 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.