Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Kentucky
Sdf Ltl
Louisville, KY · ~15 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sdf Ltl runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade A.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.8
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Sdf Ltl's OSHA Total Case Rate of 1.8 to the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (40% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Sdf Ltl's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Sdf Ltl falls in its industry
3,776 Trucking, general freight, lon establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 59 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Kentucky.
Trend analysis for Sdf Ltl
Between 2020 and 2024, Sdf Ltl's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 5.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 5.5, a spread of 5.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Sdf Ltl recorded 1 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1 injuries shown on this page for Sdf Ltl are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 484121 - Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 36,724 hours worked = 5.45 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sdf Ltl (this establishment) | 1.82 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 484121 |
| Kentucky state avg (all industries) | 4.39 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Sdf Ltl to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Sdf Ltl's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 40% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) benchmark, Sdf Ltl reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.