Flatbed trucking, long-distance · Texas

Southern Transport LLC

Gladewater, TX · ~129 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southern Transport LLC runs at 20% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Flatbed trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Southern Transport LLC: 0.9 TCR = 20% of Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southern Transport LLC safety composite

Southern Transport LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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%).

Southern Transport LLC held a steady TCR band

Southern Transport LLC's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.9 in 2019 to 1.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.9 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Gladewater, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 20% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #16/137
  • PHOTO Sterman Masser Logis…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sterman Masser Logistics Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southern Transport LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southern Transport LLC averages 0.9 TCR (20% of the Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Southern Transport LLC TCR series: 2019=0.9 · 2020=0.8 · 2021=0.8 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Southern Transport LLC falls in its industry

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 137 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc employers in Texas.

Southern Transport LLC (129 employees, TCR 0.9) 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 Transport LLC
Southern Transport LLC (129 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Southern Transport LLC has more employees than the Flatbed trucking, long-distance 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
2022 1.2 1.2 4 0 0
2021 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.9 0.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · TX · Gladewater

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 16 employers in Gladewater, 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 Sterman Masser Logistics Services 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grammer Logistics Corpus Christi Terminal 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR F.L.MOORE & SONS INC. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geismar Fleet 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Petro Mechanical and Supply, LLC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Houston Center of Excellence - Bld: TXHS - 53 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brownstone Construction 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Morrison Dallas Division 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trendsetter Construction Inc. 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truman Smith 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vickie Berry 172 FTE
CITY-NEAR Legend Oaks Gladewater 99 FTE
NAT-TCR Lake Marion Maintenance 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Montvale Estates 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cross Generating Station 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 8769-Srp Cgs 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mg Mca 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mg Maz 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE el super #36 salinas 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Uah - University Center 129 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.