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

The Meador Boys Express Inc

Salem, IL · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Meador Boys Express Inc runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

The Meador Boys Express Inc: 2.7 TCR = 59% of General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Meador Boys Express Inc safety composite

The Meador Boys Express Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.7

2021→2023

The Meador Boys Express Inc injury rate improved

The Meador Boys Express Inc's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.7 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Salem, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 59% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #66/143
  • PHOTO Lockbourne, OH - Ash…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lockbourne, OH - Ashville Pike (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Meador Boys Express Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Meador Boys Express Inc averages 2.7 TCR (59% 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

The Meador Boys Express Inc TCR series: 2021=2.7 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where The Meador Boys Express Inc falls in its industry

3,252 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 143 General freight trucking, long employers in Illinois.

The Meador Boys Express Inc (26 employees, TCR 2.7) 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 The Meador Boys Express Inc
The Meador Boys Express Inc (26 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

The Meador Boys Express Inc has fewer 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.3 5.3 2 0 0
2021 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IL · Salem

3,252 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Salem, IL · 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 Lockbourne, OH - Ashville Pike 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Deep South Freight 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR PA-Tunkhannock 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midwest Carriers 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock River - Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill 'N Dale Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Generation 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAL SALEM PLANT 1,133 FTE
CITY-NEAR North American Lighting - Salem 1,039 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 198 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 198 273 FTE
NAT-TCR RAMM Corporation 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Friendly House, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ASI Doors, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction Associates of Spokane Inc 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arborpro Lawn and Tree Care 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commonwealth Senior Living at Fredericksburg 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nifty Bar Grinding and Cutting Solutions, Inc. 26 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: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.