General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload · Illinois

Ottawa

Ottawa, IL · ~34 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottawa runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload workplace, earning a grade D.

Ottawa: 6.5 TCR = 144% of General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottawa safety composite

Ottawa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

Ottawa held a steady TCR band

Ottawa's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=11.0 · 2022=8.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Ottawa, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 144% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #124/143
  • PHOTO LCL Bulk Transport -…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LCL Bulk Transport - Elkhorn (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottawa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottawa averages 6.5 TCR (144% of the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload BLS benchmark).

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

Ottawa TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=13.8 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=11 · 2022=8.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Ottawa falls in its industry

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 143 General Freight Trucking, Long employers in Illinois.

Ottawa (34 employees, TCR 6.5) 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 Ottawa
Ottawa (34 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Ottawa has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, 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
2022 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2021 11.0 11.0 8 0 0
2020 5.7 0.6 0 9 0
2019 13.8 0.0 2 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IL · Ottawa

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 67 employers in Ottawa, IL · 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 LCL Bulk Transport - Elkhorn 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MID STATE SYSTEMS INC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HENIFF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LLC - WILMINGTON, NC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6223-700 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cresco Labs - Kankakee 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kendall Energy Facility 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Adams Electric 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Normal - Water 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center 624 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Elizabeth Medical Center 581 FTE
CITY-NEAR LaSalle County 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR 00000036 0036 OTTAWA DC 415 FTE
NAT-TCR American House - Brentwood 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chimney Rock Villa 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Office and Plant 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oddo Development 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Radial Bearing LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citrus Hills Assisted Living 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fusion Optix 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aguila Food Distribution LLC 34 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.