Employer · Illinois
R+L Carriers - MEL
Melrose Park, IL · ~84 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
R+L Carriers - MEL runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.
R+L Carriers - MEL: 7.2 TCR = 160% of industry BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
R+L Carriers - MEL safety composite
R+L Carriers - MEL 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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%).
Rising injury rate
R+L Carriers - MEL: 0.0 → 5.4 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024
R+L Carriers - MEL's TCR rose 5.4 from 0.0 in 2021 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484122 · Melrose Park, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.2 · 160% of ind
- DART 5.4 DART
- RANK #103/177
- PHOTO Central Freight Line…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fontana (0.0 TCR gap)
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R+L Carriers - MEL in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
R+L Carriers - MEL
7.2 TCR
- Central Freigh
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fontana
7.2 TCR
- R+L Carriers -
R+L Carriers - HAG
7.2 TCR
- Central Freigh
Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fort Worth
7.2 TCR
- 873 TACOMA
873 TACOMA
7.2 TCR
What this shows R+L Carriers - MEL averages 7.2 TCR (160% of the industry BLS benchmark).
R+L Carriers - MEL TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=13.6 · 2023=9.8 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 4.5
Where R+L Carriers - MEL falls in its industry
3,020 industry establishmentsSafer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #103 safest of 177 industry employers in Illinois.
R+L Carriers - MEL 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.6 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484122 · IL · Melrose Park
3,020 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, IL · 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 | Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fontana | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R+L Carriers - HAG | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Fort Worth | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 873 TACOMA | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Joliet Station | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Schomburg & Schomburg Construction Incorporated | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MEC DE JOINT VENTURE | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Premium Concrete Inc. | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jewel Distribution DC | 1,169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL | 1,106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | 923 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant | 714 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Saputo Greenway | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5401 - West Jordan | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stevens Creek Chrysler Jeep Dodge | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Lane House | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manteo High | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Barstow | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GhoDirect LLC | 84 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.