General freight trucking, local · Massachusetts

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC

Westfield, MA · ~139 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC runs at 335% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC: 15.1 TCR = 335% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC safety composite

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−10.9

2017→2024

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC injury rate improved

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC's TCR fell 10.9 from 18.8 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 23.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.8 · 2018=15.3 · 2019=23.8 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=20.1 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=7.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Westfield, MA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.1 · 335% of ind

  • DART 7.4 DART
  • RANK #40/43
  • PHOTO R & J Trucking Young…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 140 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R & J Trucking Youngstown Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC averages 15.1 TCR (335% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC TCR series: 2017=18.8 · 2018=15.3 · 2019=23.8 · 2020=14.9 · 2021=20.1 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=10.1 · 2024=7.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Massachusetts alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 43 General freight trucking, loca employers in Massachusetts.

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC (139 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC
Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC (139 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Palmer Dedicated Logistics, LLC has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 7.9 7.4 15 0 0
2023 10.1 8.4 12 0 0
2022 9.7 8.9 13 0 0
2021 20.1 16.9 25 0 0
2020 14.9 11.2 12 0 0
2019 23.8 16.2 25 0 0
2018 15.3 11.7 21 0 0
2017 18.8 12.2 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · MA · Westfield

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,108 rated employers in Massachusetts with headcount on file · 84 employers in Westfield, MA · 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 & J Trucking Youngstown Terminal 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NJPNS - PENNSAUKEN 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR FBG Transport LLC - Middleton 15.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Law Motor Freight, Inc. 15.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eversource - Plymouth Electric 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Current Lighting Solutions 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Microline Surgical, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE CRAFT MASSACHUSETTS 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR BNH - Baystate Noble Hospital 541 FTE
CITY-NEAR CS Wholesale Grocers : Westfield, MA (FDC) 499 FTE
CITY-NEAR Savage Arms, Inc. 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2174 401 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 8023 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nefab Packaging North central LLC 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lincoln District Maint. 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbors at Marietta 15.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Menasha Packaging Company-Minooka 2 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE J & J Electric of Indiana, Inc 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Metro Paving Indirect 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dairyfood USA, Inc. 139 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.