Employer · Texas

R+L Carriers - DLS

Dallas, TX · ~448 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

R+L Carriers - DLS runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

R+L Carriers - DLS: 4.4 TCR = 97% of industry BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R+L Carriers - DLS safety composite

R+L Carriers - DLS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−0.4

2016→2024

R+L Carriers - DLS injury rate improved

R+L Carriers - DLS's TCR fell 0.4 from 4.0 in 2016 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Dallas, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 97% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #104/237
  • PHOTO El Paso ELP
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 209 inj
  • SIZE ~448 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Paso ELP (0.0 TCR gap)

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R+L Carriers - DLS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R+L Carriers - DLS averages 4.4 TCR (97% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

R+L Carriers - DLS TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 4.5

Where R+L Carriers - DLS falls in its industry

3,020 industry establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #104 safest of 237 industry employers in Texas.

R+L Carriers - DLS (448 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R+L Carriers - DLS
R+L Carriers - DLS (448 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

R+L Carriers - DLS has more employees than the industry median and a lower 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 3.6 3.0 22 0 0
2023 3.8 3.1 21 0 0
2022 4.7 3.7 23 0 0
2021 7.4 6.2 41 0 1
2020 3.6 3.5 18 0 0
2019 4.1 3.7 20 0 0
2018 5.3 4.6 31 0 0
2017 2.7 2.3 14 0 0
2016 4.0 3.6 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Dallas

3,020 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 2,187 employers in Dallas, TX · 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 El Paso ELP 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LTE 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 050-NSH 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-HL-SP 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bioworld Merchandising 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE El Paso Refinery 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cavender Toyota 448 FTE
STATE-SIZE Just Energy Limited Corporate 449 FTE
CITY-NEAR AECOM DCS (US Operations) 15,100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rexel USA, Inc 8,356 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1 CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF DALLAS 6,147 FTE
CITY-NEAR HDQ - Headquarters 5,764 FTE
NAT-TCR Three Rivers Electric Cooperative - Linn 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR LZHQ 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 80 Commerce Drive 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Crafts Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE NexGear (DI) 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30 Georgia Ave. 448 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lear Corporation - Building 300 448 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, 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.