Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · Ohio

National Highway Express

Columbus, OH · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

National Highway Express runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade F.

National Highway Express: 13.6 TCR = 303% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Highway Express safety composite

National Highway Express scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 17.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

National Highway Express: 10.0 → 17.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 17.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.27× in 2018

National Highway Express's TCR rose 7.3 from 10.0 in 2017 to 17.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 303% of ind

  • DART 17.3 DART
  • RANK #70/70
  • PHOTO H&M trucking co
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H&M trucking co (0.0 TCR gap)

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National Highway Express in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows National Highway Express averages 13.6 TCR (303% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

National Highway Express TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=17.3 · BLS 4.5

Where National Highway Express falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 70 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in Ohio.

National Highway Express (24 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate National Highway Express
National Highway Express (24 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

National Highway Express has fewer employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018 17.3 17.3 6 0 0
2017 10.0 10.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · OH · Columbus

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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 H&M trucking co 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brothers Auto Transport 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CTL 82 Sterlington Terminal 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR IronTiger - Chillicothe 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE LCN 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE NAES: Fremont 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMP Fremont Energy Center 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bucyrus Service Center 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital 13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus 10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR Riverside Methodist Hospital 9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1 5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR Ec Abs San Antonio Central 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cedar Ridge Center 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR True Value Denver RDC 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Waupaca Foundry, Inc. Plant 7L Lawrenceville 13.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roses 26 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Residencial San Martin 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Plus - 0500 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1498 SUMMERVILLE, SC 24 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.