General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Kentucky

NKY

Independence, KY · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NKY runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.

NKY: 4.6 TCR = 102% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NKY safety composite

NKY scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

NKY: 3.0 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.05× in 2018

NKY's TCR rose 3.3 from 3.0 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Independence, KY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 102% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #16/49
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - GRY
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - GRY (0.0 TCR gap)

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NKY in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NKY averages 4.6 TCR (102% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

NKY TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=6.3 · BLS 4.5

Where NKY falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 49 General freight trucking, long employers in Kentucky.

NKY (128 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate NKY
NKY (128 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

NKY has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 6.3 4.9 9 0 0
2017 3.0 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · KY · Independence

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, KY · 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 R+L Carriers - GRY 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - LAX 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville LOU 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PVD-ODFL 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Owensboro Grain Company 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisville Bedding Kentucky 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Millwood, Inc. Tompkinsville 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maysville Mill 128 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-NOKY 1,431 FTE
CITY-NEAR 406 740 FTE
CITY-NEAR 491-DC001 357 FTE
CITY-NEAR 014-00475 318 FTE
NAT-TCR Marathon 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atrium Post Acute Care of Menominee 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CareServe Private Duty 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Francis Hospital 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE BTD Manufacturing Washington 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foss - SoCal 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Paramount Senior Care Centers at San Antonio 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE DSOK Tulsa 128 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.

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