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

SMT Lines - LRD

Laredo, TX · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SMT Lines - LRD runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade B.

SMT Lines - LRD: 3.2 TCR = 71% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SMT Lines - LRD safety composite

SMT Lines - LRD scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% 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).

C

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2016→2019

SMT Lines - LRD injury rate improved

SMT Lines - LRD's TCR fell 2.9 from 6.3 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Laredo, TX AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #62/237
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - SDG
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - SDG (0.0 TCR gap)

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SMT Lines - LRD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SMT Lines - LRD averages 3.2 TCR (71% 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 - LRD TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.4 · BLS 4.5

Where SMT Lines - LRD falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 81% 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 #62 safest of 237 General freight trucking, long employers in Texas.

SMT Lines - LRD (30 employees, TCR 3.2) 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 - LRD
SMT Lines - LRD (30 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

SMT Lines - LRD has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, 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
2019 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.3 6.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · TX · Laredo

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 · 245 employers in Laredo, TX · 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 R+L Carriers - SDG 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR EVV 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR CHY-ODFL 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 925 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BRAZOS RIVER SOD FARM 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coyote Lake Feeders LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dimmitt Feedyard 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Plains Cattle Company LLC - Hereford 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Office of Field Operations - Laredo 3,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR U.S. Border Patrol Sector - Laredo 1,775 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-21080000-21080 748 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2576-62 672 FTE
NAT-TCR Divine Savior Hospital, Clinics and Homecare 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Aurora, Ohio 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Metal Stamping 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR NDX Dodd 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pahio at Kauai beach Villas Interval Owners Association 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Energy Resources Group, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pine Products Inc 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc NC 30 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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