General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Tennessee

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.

Morristown, TN · ~83 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.: 11.4 TCR = 253% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. safety composite

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 42.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.: 5.6 → 42.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 173.2 TCR · DART/TCR 3.71× in 2024

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.'s TCR rose 36.7 from 5.6 in 2018 to 42.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 173.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 3.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Morristown, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 253% of ind

  • DART 42.3 DART
  • RANK #127/128
  • PHOTO 6223-681
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6223-681 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. averages 11.4 TCR (253% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.6 · 2019=173.2 · 2020=1.1 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=42.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 128 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc.
Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, Inc. (83 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Southern Freight Services, Inc. of Morristown DBA Southern Freight Services, 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 42.3 42.3 1 0 0
2023 2.3 0.0 2 0 0
2022 5.7 3.4 5 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2019 173.2 173.2 4 0 0
2018 5.6 4.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · TN · Morristown

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 123 employers in Morristown, 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 6223-681 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR BIRMINGHAM BHM 1 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Syracuse 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volk Transfer, Inc. 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tullahoma Utilities Authority 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hamilton County Highway Department 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maxwell Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cable Tel Services, Inc. 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR MAHLE Engine Components USA, INC. - Morristown 928 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet - Morristown M1 892 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howmet - Morristown 1 747 FTE
CITY-NEAR Team Technologies, Inc. Morristown, TN 729 FTE
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0722 Lincoln 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Truck Cab Manufacturers 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR North Coast Co-op Arcata 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid Valley Recycling, LLC 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arctic Express, Inc 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Hillis Group, pLLC 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0152 Clackamas 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Genuine Parts Company 83 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.