Courier Services Except by Air · Louisiana

Ruston (Larus)

Ruston, LA · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.9
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruston (Larus) runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade F.

Ruston (Larus): 15.9 TCR = 244% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruston (Larus) safety composite

Ruston (Larus) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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 15.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
D 7.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−10.3

2016→2018

Ruston (Larus) injury rate improved

Ruston (Larus)'s TCR fell 10.3 from 22.9 in 2016 to 12.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 22.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=22.9 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=12.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Ruston, LA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.9 · 244% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #83/86
  • PHOTO 629590000
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 629590000 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruston (Larus) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruston (Larus) averages 15.9 TCR (244% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

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

Ruston (Larus) TCR series: 2016=22.9 · 2017=12.3 · 2018=12.5 · BLS 6.5

Where Ruston (Larus) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 86 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Louisiana.

Ruston (Larus) (57 employees, TCR 15.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruston (Larus)
Ruston (Larus) (57 employees, TCR 15.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Ruston (Larus) has fewer employees than the Courier Services Except by Air median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2018 12.5 7.5 5 0 0
2017 12.3 7.3 5 0 0
2016 22.9 12.7 8 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · LA · Ruston

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 47 employers in Ruston, LA · 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 629590000 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 54950000 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEWEL - WELLS 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NHDOV - DOVER 15.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Reliable Production Service 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Entergy Lafayette 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE BENTON AND BROWN, LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Edge E & I Service, LLC 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR 23 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 23 374 FTE
CITY-NEAR Super 1 Food's #617 239 FTE
NAT-TCR 4795-PD-CHO-CHARLOTTESVILLE-PD 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Steakhouse LLC 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR MBK - The Commons at Dallas Ranch 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 15.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southborough (Masou) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butte (Mtbut) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dickinson (Nddic) 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philadelphia Freight Hub (Papil) 57 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.