Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Ohio

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc.

Lima, OH · ~71 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 62% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. safety composite

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.4

2016→2021

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 1.4 from 3.5 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Lima, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #78/186
  • PHOTO Eagle Motor Freight …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eagle Motor Freight Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (62% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #78 safest of 186 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Ohio.

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. (71 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Roeder Cartage Co., Inc.
Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. (71 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Roeder Cartage Co., Inc. has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2021 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2016 3.5 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · OH · Lima

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 243 employers in Lima, OH · 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 Eagle Motor Freight Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southland Transportation 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORZ LTL 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.S. Emerian Trucking, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE American Pride Lawn and Landscaping, Inc. 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maplewood at Cuyahoga Falls 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Good Samaritan Society 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE London Health and Rehab 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center 2,540 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Rita's Medical Center 2,531 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Ritas Medical Center 2,445 FTE
CITY-NEAR LIMA ENGINE 1,457 FTE
NAT-TCR Packaging Specialties 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercedes Office 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR John Mills Electric, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sterling Avenue 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Staples promotional products - Marcus, IA 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Desert Empire Transfer & Storage, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dinex Emission, Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bwo 1814 Plymouth 71 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: 2021, 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.