Motor freight carrier, general, local · Ohio

R & J Lorain

Lorain, OH · ~56 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R & J Lorain runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade D.

R & J Lorain: 8.4 TCR = 186% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R & J Lorain safety composite

R & J Lorain scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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

−3.4

2016→2021

R & J Lorain injury rate improved

R & J Lorain's TCR fell 3.4 from 13.3 in 2016 to 9.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.3 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=9.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Lorain, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.4 · 186% of ind

  • DART 6.6 DART
  • RANK #159/186
  • PHOTO One World Transporta…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 44 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: One World Transportation Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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R & J Lorain in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R & J Lorain averages 8.4 TCR (186% 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

R & J Lorain TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=7.2 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=9.9 · BLS 4.5

Where R & J Lorain falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #159 safest of 186 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Ohio.

R & J Lorain (56 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 R & J Lorain
R & J Lorain (56 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

R & J Lorain has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, 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
2021 9.9 6.6 9 0 0
2020 5.4 3.6 6 0 0
2019 4.7 2.8 5 0 0
2018 7.2 2.4 6 0 0
2017 9.8 7.0 7 0 0
2016 13.3 7.3 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · OH · Lorain

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 85 employers in Lorain, OH · 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 One World Transportation Inc 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCC : 5605-00 GM-DCC/Reno, NV 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FASTRUCKING - SAN 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SIDS-Dunn Warehouse #56010 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rindler Poultry LLC 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canton General Service Center 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 919-NiSource-Chillicothe OH-Three Rivers Op 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE 977-NiSource-Findlay OH-Lake Erie Op Ctr 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health Regional Medical Center 1,578 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Regional Medical Center 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain Family Health Center & Surgery Center 506 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lorain FHC Surgery 412 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Hendersonville, TN 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PSC Metals Knoxville National Drive 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR SCI Sioux City, LLC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jenco Plating Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Arc of San Antonio,Inc 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dematic - Griffin 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlin Contracting Co., Inc. 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Pacific Plastic Fabricators, Inc 56 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.