Motor freight carrier, general,long-distance, truckload(TL) · Virginia

Portsmouth NFK

Portsmouth, VA · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Portsmouth NFK runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general,long-distance, truckload(TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Portsmouth NFK: 2.9 TCR = 64% of Motor freight carrier, general,long-distance, truckload(TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Portsmouth NFK safety composite

Portsmouth NFK scores safer than 53% of same-industry peers on total case rate (tcr), blended into one 0-100 breakdown. 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2016→2018

Portsmouth NFK injury rate improved

Portsmouth NFK's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.8 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Portsmouth, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #35/70
  • PHOTO 7834
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 7834 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Portsmouth NFK in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Portsmouth NFK averages 2.9 TCR (64% of the Motor freight carrier, general,long-distance, truckload(TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Portsmouth NFK TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2017=4 · 2018=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Portsmouth NFK falls in its industry

3,252 Motor freight carrier, g establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 70 Motor freight carrier, g employers in Virginia.

Portsmouth NFK (46 employees, TCR 2.9) 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 Portsmouth NFK
Portsmouth NFK (46 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Portsmouth NFK has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general,lon median and a lower 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
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · VA · Portsmouth

3,252 Motor freight carrier, general,long-distance, truckload(TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 137 employers in Portsmouth, VA · 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 7834 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7836 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michaels (WC USX MFL) 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Progressive Transportation Services - Los Angeles 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BRUNSWICK COUNTY POWER STATION 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE 202-NiSource-Staunton VA 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jacobs BIA-Dulles Rail-VA 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huang's Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maryview Medical Center 1,724 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway 926 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ceres Hampton Roads 797 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia International Gateway by Virginia Interna 545 FTE
NAT-TCR Prospect Airport Services JAX 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Elkay Wood Products - Culver 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Manor Care Health Services - Shadyside 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill CFL - Skyview 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hoverson Farms 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Cottage - Hanover 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horst Group 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE 75-Detroit 46 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, 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.