Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Distance · Indiana

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc.

Fort Wayne, IN · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc.: 7.0 TCR = 156% of Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Distance BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. safety composite

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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)
F 7 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−16.6

2016→2024

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. injury rate improved

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc.'s TCR fell 16.6 from 16.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 16.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.6 · 2017=3.0 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=11.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 156% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #33/36
  • PHOTO Southeast Milk, Inc.…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southeast Milk, Inc. Avon Park Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. averages 7.0 TCR (156% of the Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Distance BLS benchmark).

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

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.6 · 2017=3 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=11.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Specialized Freight, Trucking, establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 36 Specialized Freight, Trucking, employers in Indiana.

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. (34 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc.
Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. (34 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sycamore Specialized Carriers Inc. has fewer employees than the Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Dist median and a higher 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 11.7 3.9 3 0 0
2022 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 5.5 2.7 2 0 0
2020 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2019 13.7 2.3 6 0 0
2018 4.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2016 16.6 9.5 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IN · Fort Wayne

1,026 Specialized Freight, Trucking, Long-Distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 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 Southeast Milk, Inc. Avon Park Trucking 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR IronTiger - Dublin 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DEMOPOLIS, AL - DANA DIVISION 2 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR T584 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE 118-NiSource-Hammond IN-CISC 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland REMC - Markle District 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 220-NiSource-Gary IN-GM&T 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardizzone Enterprises Inc 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR KPMG Lakehouse 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Stiles Apartments at The Glen 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rocky Mountain Plumbing Hydroheat Inc 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 55802 Antioch 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Colorado Maintenance Center 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1093 Juniata County SD 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nissan Baltimore Parts Distribution Center 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Texas 34 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.