General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Texas

SMT Lines - HRL

Harlingen, TX · ~17 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMT Lines - HRL runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade D.

SMT Lines - HRL: 6.2 TCR = 138% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMT Lines - HRL safety composite

SMT Lines - HRL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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%).

SMT Lines - HRL held a steady TCR band

SMT Lines - HRL's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.7 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Harlingen, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 138% of ind

  • DART 5.0 DART
  • RANK #169/237
  • PHOTO City of Industry 299
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Industry 299 (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMT Lines - HRL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMT Lines - HRL averages 6.2 TCR (138% of the General freight trucking, 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

SMT Lines - HRL TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=5 · BLS 4.5

Where SMT Lines - HRL falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #169 safest of 237 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.

SMT Lines - HRL (17 employees, TCR 6.2) 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 SMT Lines - HRL
SMT Lines - HRL (17 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

SMT Lines - HRL has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a higher 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
2019 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2018 8.9 4.5 2 0 0
2016 4.7 4.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Harlingen

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 133 employers in Harlingen, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR City of Industry 299 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Montpelier VT FXFE-MPV 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR XGB 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boston 080 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Soli Organic Inc. - Sherman 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moreman Gin 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quarterway Cotton Growers, LLC 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willamar Operating, L.P. 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-838 1,389 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harlingen Medical Center 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR TX_Harlingen_2921 S. Expswy 83_TCIP2T20 553 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 595 354 FTE
NAT-TCR Harrisonburg Fulfillment 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Heitkotter, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Chantland-MHS Company 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lodi Plant 6.2 TCR

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: 2019, 2018, 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.