Freight Transportation · Iowa

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597

Ankeny, IA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Freight Transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597: 0.9 TCR = 20% of Freight Transportation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 safety composite

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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)
B 0.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597: 0.0 → 1.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 1.8 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597's TCR rose 1.8 from 0.0 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488510 · Ankeny, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 20% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO MIRUU - ROMULUS BROK…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MIRUU - ROMULUS BROKERAGE FACILITY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 averages 0.9 TCR (20% of the Freight Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 TCR series: 2019=0 · 2021=1.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 falls in its industry

358 Freight Transportation establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Freight Transportation employers in Iowa.

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 (31 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruan Transport Corporation T-597
Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 (31 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.2

Ruan Transport Corporation T-597 has fewer employees than the Freight Transportation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.2. 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 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488510 · IA · Ankeny

358 Freight Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, IA · 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 MIRUU - ROMULUS BROKERAGE FACILITY 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORD - Distribution Falcon 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA - Lancaster, Midpoint Rd 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA - Detroit, Hildebrandt St 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MBS Genetics, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oelwein 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Westerville FS (SSS, CSS) 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillyard DC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Loc: CORP LOC - USA UNITED STATES - MESA 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Klim 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ruan Transport Corporation T-309 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ruan Transport Corporation T-081 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cumberland Farms Chelsea Drivers 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lile Relocation Services - Corporate Office 31 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.