Freight Trucking LTL · Illinois

Ro Rockford

Rockford, IL · ~176 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ro Rockford runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade F.

Ro Rockford: 12.5 TCR = 278% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ro Rockford safety composite

Ro Rockford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Ro Rockford: 8.1 → 16.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2018

Ro Rockford's TCR rose 8.7 from 8.1 in 2016 to 16.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Rockford, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 278% of ind

  • DART 12.2 DART
  • RANK #161/177
  • PHOTO XGS Allentown
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~176 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: XGS Allentown (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ro Rockford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ro Rockford averages 12.5 TCR (278% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

Ro Rockford TCR series: 2016=8.1 · 2018=16.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Ro Rockford falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #161 safest of 177 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Illinois.

Ro Rockford (176 employees, TCR 12.5) 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 Ro Rockford
Ro Rockford (176 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Ro Rockford has more employees than the Freight Trucking LTL 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
2018 16.9 12.2 28 1 0
2016 8.1 5.2 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IL · Rockford

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 405 employers in Rockford, 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 XGS Allentown 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 569 WICHITA 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Salt Lake City 225 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABF Freight 156 12.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Chicago/ Rockford, IL HVAC 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE McHenry, IL - Pallet Plant - 337 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE USA IL Chicago Plant 176 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vantage Specialty Chemicals 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILRKF - ROCKFORD AIR HUB 2,634 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swedish American Hospital - 4800 2,629 FTE
CITY-NEAR PCI Pharma Services Rockford 2,175 FTE
CITY-NEAR SwedishAmerican Hospital 1,855 FTE
NAT-TCR Penske : 5235-00 Starbucks-DCC/Grand Prairie, TX 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Troy-AL 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Downtown Summerlin 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR The Parks Healthcare and Rehab Center 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Foote ICF 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Secant Group 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE KNX 176 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vance DMB 176 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: 2018, 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.