General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Georgia
R+L Carriers - KES
Kennesaw, GA · ~168 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
R+L Carriers - KES runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade D.
R+L Carriers - KES: 8.3 TCR = 185% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R+L Carriers - KES safety composite
R+L Carriers - KES scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 29% 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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%).
Rising injury rate
R+L Carriers - KES: 2.7 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 12.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.7× in 2023
R+L Carriers - KES's TCR rose 4.6 from 2.7 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484122 · Kennesaw, GA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 185% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #91/113
- PHOTO LCH
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 122 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: LCH (0.0 TCR gap)
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R+L Carriers - KES in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
R+L Carriers - KES
8.3 TCR
- LCH
LCH
8.3 TCR
- Fresno 213
Fresno 213
8.3 TCR
- Spokane 232
Spokane 232
8.3 TCR
- Cheeseman LLC
Cheeseman LLC
8.3 TCR
What this shows R+L Carriers - KES averages 8.3 TCR (185% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).
R+L Carriers - KES TCR series: 2016=2.7 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=12 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=8.9 · 2021=8.2 · 2022=7.1 · 2023=7.3 · BLS 4.5
Where R+L Carriers - KES falls in its industry
3,020 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 113 General freight trucking, long employers in Georgia.
R+L Carriers - KES has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484122 · GA · Kennesaw
3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 222 employers in Kennesaw, GA · 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 | LCH | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresno 213 | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Spokane 232 | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cheeseman LLC | 8.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Thrasher Electric, LLC | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vital Foods LLC | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | USA GA Morrow Plant | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Geiger Automotive USA, Inc | 168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Atlanta (Smyrna) | 1,691 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6458-MARI | 1,388 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BPS Kennesaw | 1,071 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NPSG Global | 753 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | KPC Promise Skilled Nursing Facility of Overland Park | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Durham Location | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Meadow Ridge Elementary School | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big Lots Store #475 E ROCHESTER, PA | 8.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ptsc - La & Lb | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chenango #234 | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SERVICE TRANSPORT - Houston, TX | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LL Vann Electric, Inc. | 168 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.