Employer · Kentucky

R+L Carriers - LEX

Lexington, KY · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R+L Carriers - LEX runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

R+L Carriers - LEX: 7.7 TCR = 172% of industry BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R+L Carriers - LEX safety composite

R+L Carriers - LEX scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−1.5

2016→2024

R+L Carriers - LEX injury rate improved

R+L Carriers - LEX's TCR fell 1.5 from 10.5 in 2016 to 9.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Lexington, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 172% of ind

  • DART 7.2 DART
  • RANK #39/49
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - LVE
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - LVE (0.0 TCR gap)

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R+L Carriers - LEX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R+L Carriers - LEX averages 7.7 TCR (172% 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 - LEX TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=5.3 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=9 · BLS 4.5

Where R+L Carriers - LEX falls in its industry

3,020 industry establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 49 industry employers in Kentucky.

R+L Carriers - LEX (44 employees, TCR 7.7) 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R+L Carriers - LEX
R+L Carriers - LEX (44 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

R+L Carriers - LEX has fewer 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 9.0 7.2 5 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 4 0 0
2022 4.6 4.6 2 0 0
2021 11.8 7.8 6 0 0
2020 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2019 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2018 7.9 7.9 3 0 0
2017 7.9 7.9 3 0 0
2016 10.5 10.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · KY · Lexington

3,020 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 652 employers in Lexington, KY · 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 R+L Carriers - LVE 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edison 006 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SJC-ODFL 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Louis 064 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE DMK Development Group 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE SC630 - Louisville, KY 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE R. J. Corman Signaling Company, LLC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jett's Specialty Contracting, LLC 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County 11,013 FTE
CITY-NEAR UK Healthcare 9,922 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central KY - Gatton Beaumont 3,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR YMCA of Central Ky - High Street 3,895 FTE
NAT-TCR Eau Claire Wi 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PORTLAND 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Flowline 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 3021 Keystone 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE RSI of Florida, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - RNO 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - SJE 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kleen Air Service Corporation 44 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.