Motor freight carrier, general, local · Iowa

Panama Transfer

Panama, IA · ~153 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Panama Transfer runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade A.

Panama Transfer: 2.0 TCR = 45% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Panama Transfer safety composite

Panama Transfer scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% 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

−1.6

2018→2021

Panama Transfer injury rate improved

Panama Transfer's TCR fell 1.6 from 2.9 in 2018 to 1.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.9 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Panama, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 45% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #4/34
  • PHOTO Jett Express Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jett Express Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Panama Transfer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Panama Transfer averages 2.0 TCR (45% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

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

Panama Transfer TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=1.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Panama Transfer falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 34 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Iowa.

Panama Transfer (153 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Panama Transfer
Panama Transfer (153 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Panama Transfer has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, local median and a lower 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
2021 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2020 1.3 0.7 2 0 0
2019 2.7 2.0 4 0 0
2018 2.9 2.9 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IA · Panama

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local 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 Jett Express Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Indiana Logistics Center 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The gilbert Company Bloomington 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR T.J. Marquart & Sons, Inc. 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mom's Meals Grinnell Kitchen 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORBIS Monticello 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sabre Towers and Poles/Sabre Communications 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE Genesis Systems Group 153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Panama Transfer Panama 134 FTE
NAT-TCR 1725 Young Ct, Norcross, GA 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hutchinson Anti Vibration Systems, Inc 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Multi-Color Corporation - York 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkview Medical Group-CPO 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kemps Cedarburg Plant 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hospice by the Sea- Area 2 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE ONT - Ground Ops 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Touchmark on West Century LLC 153 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.