Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking · New York

Southern Tier Express, Inc.

Andover, NY · ~100 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Tier Express, Inc. runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern Tier Express, Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 33% of Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Tier Express, Inc. safety composite

Southern Tier Express, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2016→2024

Southern Tier Express, Inc. injury rate improved

Southern Tier Express, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.1 from 1.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Andover, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 33% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/21
  • PHOTO Groendyke Transport …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Groendyke Transport - Baton Rouge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Tier Express, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Tier Express, Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (33% of the Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Tier Express, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.1 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Tier Express, Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 21 Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking employers in New York.

Southern Tier Express, Inc. (100 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Southern Tier Express, Inc.
Southern Tier Express, Inc. (100 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Southern Tier Express, Inc. has more employees than the Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 3 0 0
2022 3.0 0.7 4 0 0
2021 1.3 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2019 4.1 4.1 4 0 0
2018 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.1 1.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · NY · Andover

1,026 Heavy Haul Flat bed trucking employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 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 Groendyke Transport - Baton Rouge 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterett Heavy Hauling Owensboro 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koppers Millington Transportation 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transport Service 60007 TSC Plaquemine 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Carver Sand & Gravel LLC. 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tonawanda SC 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE O&M Turbo Blading 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE MLJ Contracting 100 FTE
NAT-TCR Sullivan & Poore, Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR DH Pace Company - Chicago 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 20988 Phoenix 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fareway Stores, Inc. 192 Tea 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE KW International Inc. (2800-Irving-TX) 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCauley 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casella Recycling Auburn 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Springs at Lancaster Village 100 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.