General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Minnesota
Smith Trucking Inc
Worthington, MN · ~214 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 2
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smith Trucking Inc runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
Smith Trucking Inc: 4.8 TCR = 106% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smith Trucking Inc safety composite
Smith Trucking Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 2
Safer than 1% 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
Smith Trucking Inc: 3.1 → 8.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6077.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.26× in 2024
Smith Trucking Inc's TCR rose 4.9 from 3.1 in 2018 to 8.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6077.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Worthington, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 106% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #46/74
- PHOTO Howard Transportation
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 55 inj
- SIZE ~214 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Howard Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smith Trucking Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Smith Trucking Inc
4.8 TCR
- Howard Transpo
Howard Transportation
4.8 TCR
- 6223-702
6223-702
4.8 TCR
- JR Simplot Com
JR Simplot Company, Food-Trans-Pasco
4.8 TCR
- BCP Transporta
BCP Transportation, Inc.
4.8 TCR
What this shows Smith Trucking Inc averages 4.8 TCR (106% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Smith Trucking Inc TCR series: 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=6077.4 · 2024=8.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Smith Trucking Inc falls in its industry
3,252 General freight trucking, long establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #46 safest of 74 General freight trucking, long employers in Minnesota.
Smith Trucking Inc has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6077.4 | 3867.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · MN · Worthington
3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Worthington, MN · 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 | Howard Transportation | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6223-702 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JR Simplot Company, Food-Trans-Pasco | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BCP Transportation, Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Distinctive Floral Company | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lakeside Foods Owatonna | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alumacraft - MN | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Medtronic ILS | 214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SWIFT PORK COMPANY - WORTHINGTON | 2,136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SWIFT PORK COMPANY WORTHINGTON | 2,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bedford Industries | 416 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MN,WORTHINGTON - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 272 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | LMI Packaging Solutions | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Place Sign Systems, Inc | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Walterscheid Inc. Woodridge | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 8014 | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 60 - Dickson | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Ingleside Hotel | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nelson Irrigation Corporation | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Modern Forge Indiana | 214 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.