Employer · Tennessee
R+L Carriers - CTA
Chattanooga, TN · ~67 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R+L Carriers - CTA runs at 128% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
R+L Carriers - CTA: 5.8 TCR = 128% of industry BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R+L Carriers - CTA safety composite
R+L Carriers - CTA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−1.1
2016→2024
R+L Carriers - CTA injury rate improved
R+L Carriers - CTA's TCR fell 1.1 from 6.5 in 2016 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=6.5 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=5.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484122 · Chattanooga, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 128% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #82/123
- PHOTO LGT
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~67 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LGT (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Tennessee employers → · Look up another →
R+L Carriers - CTA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
R+L Carriers - CTA
5.8 TCR
- LGT
LGT
5.8 TCR
- USK
USK
5.8 TCR
- XDV
XDV
5.8 TCR
- Newburgh 061
Newburgh 061
5.8 TCR
What this shows R+L Carriers - CTA averages 5.8 TCR (128% of the industry BLS benchmark).
R+L Carriers - CTA TCR series: 2016=6.5 · 2017=7.5 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 4.5
Where R+L Carriers - CTA falls in its industry
3,020 industry establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 123 industry employers in Tennessee.
R+L Carriers - CTA has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484122 · TN · Chattanooga
3,020 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 695 employers in Chattanooga, TN · 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 | LGT | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | USK | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | XDV | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Newburgh 061 | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid-State Construction Co., Inc. | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Triad Corp. | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Morgan Inc | 67 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Runyon Memphis Plant | 67 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA COKE | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CHATTANOOGA FOOD | 8,650 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | USXpress | 7,385 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cardiology GB | 6,606 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ENCAP, Inc. | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Surlean Dallas | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ACS of Tampa | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commercial Metal Forming Youngstown | 5.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | R+L Carriers - SGF | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | R+L Carriers - SPR | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | United State Recycling, Inc. | 67 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lan-Co Companies, Inc. | 67 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.