Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Tennessee

Smithville DFM

Smithville, TN · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Smithville DFM runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade A.

Smithville DFM: 1.1 TCR = 24% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithville DFM safety composite

Smithville DFM scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Smithville DFM held a steady TCR band

Smithville DFM's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Smithville, TN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/123
  • PHOTO Portland - Frozen Fo…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Portland - Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. / FFE Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Smithville DFM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Smithville DFM averages 1.1 TCR (24% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Smithville DFM TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Smithville DFM falls in its industry

3,020 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 123 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Tennessee.

Smithville DFM (23 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Smithville DFM
Smithville DFM (23 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Smithville DFM has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TN · Smithville

3,020 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 25 employers in Smithville, TN · 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 Portland - Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. / FFE Transportation 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Abilene TX FXFE-ABI 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERMCO DER 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 482 RASD-TOPEKA 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Manchester DREMC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDE - Metro Nashville District Energy System 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avenue Construction 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Motorparts 533 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tenneco Smithville 481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Corporation 438 FTE
CITY-NEAR SHIROKI North America - Smithville 423 FTE
NAT-TCR Supply Chain : Muskegon, MI 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Spartech LLC - Salisbury 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR STL-SAFS 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HES Houston, TX,(North Belt Manufacturing) 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Appian Engineering Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oak Creek Apartments 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franklin South 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #4170 DUARTE, CA 23 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, 2020, 2019, 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.