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

Southern Freight Services, Inc.

Name: Southern Freight Services, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Morristown, TN · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Southern Freight Services, Inc. runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Southern Freight Services, Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 136% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Freight Services, Inc. safety composite

Southern Freight Services, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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.: 3.5 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2017

Southern Freight Services, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.2 from 3.5 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

DART 7.3 DART
RANK #116/128
PHOTO Terminal 366
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Terminal 366 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Southern Freight Services, Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (136% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

Southern Freight Services, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=8.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Freight Services, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #116 safest of 128 General freight trucking, long employers in Tennessee.

Southern Freight Services, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

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
2017	8.7	7.3	4	2	0
2016	3.5	0.0	2	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Terminal 366	SARALAND, AL	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tandem Specialized Inc	SAINT LOUIS, MI	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ruan Logistics Corp T449 RLC	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southerland Transport LLC	ANTIOCH, TN	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Alabama GP Cleanout Department	LORETTO	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Middle TN Electric (Murfreesboro Office)	MURFREESBORO	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blaine Construction Corporation	KNOXVILLE	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction Management Company	NASHVILLE	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MAHLE Engine Components USA, INC. - Morristown	Morristown	928 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howmet - Morristown M1	Morristown	892 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Howmet - Morristown 1	Morristown	747 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Team Technologies, Inc. Morristown, TN	Morristown	729 FTE
NAT-TCR	43131a - Summit (Chicago Metro) Dc	Summit, IL	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	2590 Waterpark Drive,LLC	Mason, OH	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	2035 Minot Distrib Center (Nd)	Minot, ND	6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Just Service Inc	Greendale, WI	6.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Crane LLC	Crane, MO	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caledonia Township	Caledonia, MI	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	49- Mt Vernon	Mt. Vernon, WA	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Accurate Screw Machine	Fairfield, IL	64 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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