Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local · Colorado

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc.

Greeley, CO · ~83 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc.: 3.0 TCR = 67% of Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. safety composite

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 3.4 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Greeley, CO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 67% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #12/37
  • PHOTO Sodrel Truck Lines, …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sodrel Truck Lines, Cincinnati, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. averages 3.0 TCR (67% of the Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local BLS benchmark).

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

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. falls in its industry

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 37 Transfer (trucking) services, employers in Colorado.

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 3.0) 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 Preferred Cartage Service, Inc.
Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Preferred Cartage Service, Inc. has more employees than the Transfer (trucking) services, general fr 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
2024 3.2 1.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.4 1.9 7 0 0
2020 5.0 3.7 4 0 0
2019 5.9 3.5 4 1 0
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 3.4 0.0 0 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · CO · Greeley

2,784 Transfer (trucking) services, general freight, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 178 employers in Greeley, CO · 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 Sodrel Truck Lines, Cincinnati, OH 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-1902 WEST SAMPLE ST 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farm Shop 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIBRK - BATTLE CREEK 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Little Valley Wholesale Nursery 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Longs Peak Dairy LLC GALETON 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Office 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ideal Fencing Corp LLC 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR GREELEY CO 2,744 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wood Group USA Inc., Pipeline Services, Service Area 868 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jomax Construction Co., Inc. 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Leprino Foods 527 FTE
NAT-TCR Crown Linen Service, Inc - MC2 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Factory Five Racing, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gerotech 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ODW Logistics - Romeoville 2, IL 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Key Fasteners Corp 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madison County School District 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Ready Mix 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Taylor Made 118 83 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.