Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Iowa

LB Transport, Inc

Buffalo Center, IA · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LB Transport, Inc runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

LB Transport, Inc: 8.0 TCR = 177% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LB Transport, Inc safety composite

LB Transport, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−17.1

2022→2024

LB Transport, Inc injury rate improved

LB Transport, Inc's TCR fell 17.1 from 17.1 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=17.1 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Buffalo Center, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #61/69
  • PHOTO AR PAQUETTE & COMPAN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AR PAQUETTE & COMPANY INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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LB Transport, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LB Transport, Inc averages 8.0 TCR (177% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

LB Transport, Inc TCR series: 2022=17.1 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where LB Transport, Inc falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 69 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Iowa.

LB Transport, Inc (27 employees, TCR 8.0) 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 LB Transport, Inc
LB Transport, Inc (27 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

LB Transport, Inc has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.8 3.4 2 0 0
2022 17.1 6.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IA · Buffalo Center

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 AR PAQUETTE & COMPANY INC 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 13 Mobile 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryder Location 02519 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hamilton Trucking Company, Inc 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Construction Services, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14 27 FTE
NAT-TCR Athena Farms 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DBE Manufacturing & Supply, LLC 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Mandeville 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Las Vegas HUB 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Oaks 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodbridge Senior Living 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tapestry Senior Living Stonebay Senior Living LLC 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inspirations Assisted Living and Memory Care of Linthicum 27 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.