General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Arkansas

Ryder RIL 8542

Springdale, AR · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ryder RIL 8542 runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Ryder RIL 8542: 2.0 TCR = 45% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ryder RIL 8542 safety composite

Ryder RIL 8542 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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)
C 2.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ryder RIL 8542: 1.7 → 2.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 2.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2017

Ryder RIL 8542's TCR rose 0.6 from 1.7 in 2016 to 2.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Springdale, AR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 45% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #38/73
  • PHOTO KALE Trucking Inc
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KALE Trucking Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ryder RIL 8542 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ryder RIL 8542 averages 2.0 TCR (45% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Ryder RIL 8542 TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=2.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Ryder RIL 8542 falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 73 General freight trucking, long employers in Arkansas.

Ryder RIL 8542 (38 employees, TCR 2.0) 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 Ryder RIL 8542
Ryder RIL 8542 (38 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Ryder RIL 8542 has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, 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
2017 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2016 1.7 1.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · AR · Springdale

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas with headcount on file · 191 employers in Springdale, AR · 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 KALE Trucking Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GBTI Inc 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FTC Transportation 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR LAKE CHARLES TERMINAL 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thompson Construction Group Inc Nucor JMS 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Utilities Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Systems Plant Services, Inc.-BLY02 Hickman AR 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Industrial Services - El Dorado 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springdale Processing 7,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR Further Processing 5,981 FTE
CITY-NEAR Berry Street Plant 1,224 FTE
CITY-NEAR Springdale AR Terminal 1,221 FTE
NAT-TCR Rai Mx Ord 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Muddy Creek 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oldcastle OPI - Idaho Falls 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE RailWorks Transit 2nd Avenue 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Bloomfield LLC 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE 120 Rider Avenue PCH Operating Company, LP 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Skyline Surgery Center 38 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.