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

Southland Transportation

Boonville, NC · ~222 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Southland Transportation runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

Southland Transportation: 2.8 TCR = 62% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Southland Transportation safety composite

Southland Transportation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−0.9

2017→2024

Southland Transportation injury rate improved

Southland Transportation's TCR fell 0.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.7 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Boonville, NC AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #54/125
  • PHOTO Eagle Motor Freight …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 45 inj
  • SIZE ~222 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eagle Motor Freight Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Southland Transportation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Southland Transportation averages 2.8 TCR (62% 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

Southland Transportation TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=2.7 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Southland Transportation falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 125 General freight trucking, long employers in North Carolina.

Southland Transportation (222 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Southland Transportation
Southland Transportation (222 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Southland Transportation has more employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower 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 3.0 3.0 9 0 0
2023 2.4 2.1 8 0 0
2022 2.8 2.8 9 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 9 0
2019 2.7 2.3 6 0 0
2018 1.9 1.4 4 0 0
2017 3.9 2.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · NC · Boonville

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina 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 Eagle Motor Freight Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORZ LTL 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR W.S. Emerian Trucking, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intermodal Cartage Co. - Nashville 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 7836-DUKE BUCK 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE RA1 ENG - FUQUAY - VARINA 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE HQ 222 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0489 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant 25 60 FTE
NAT-TCR Galloway Company 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Halls Food Rite 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Seaway Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nardozzi Paving & Construction LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miami Dade 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2420 - Porterville 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2239 - Stone Oak 222 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1924 - Chicago Brickyard 222 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.