Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Missouri

TMC Transportation - Joplin

Joplin, MO · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TMC Transportation - Joplin runs at 82% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.

TMC Transportation - Joplin: 3.7 TCR = 82% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TMC Transportation - Joplin safety composite

TMC Transportation - Joplin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

TMC Transportation - Joplin: 3.1 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024

TMC Transportation - Joplin's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.1 in 2019 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Joplin, MO AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 82% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #48/90
  • PHOTO W.L.A., Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: W.L.A., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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TMC Transportation - Joplin in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TMC Transportation - Joplin averages 3.7 TCR (82% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

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

TMC Transportation - Joplin TCR series: 2019=3.1 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 4.5

Where TMC Transportation - Joplin falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 90 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Missouri.

TMC Transportation - Joplin (65 employees, TCR 3.7) 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 TMC Transportation - Joplin
TMC Transportation - Joplin (65 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

TMC Transportation - Joplin has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a higher 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 4.2 4.2 3 0 0
2023 6.3 6.3 4 0 0
2022 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 3.3 0.0 2 0 0
2019 3.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · MO · Joplin

3,252 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 203 employers in Joplin, MO · 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 W.L.A., Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 300000170856288 - NJ-Keasbey-Bulk Operating Center 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Legacy Express, LLC 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 7848 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE NW Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dodson Service Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Plant 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE J. M. Fahey Construction Company 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Freeman Health System 3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR MERCY HOSPITAL JOPLIN 1,561 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmic Fire & Safety Company Inc. 875 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jasper Products, LLC 782 FTE
NAT-TCR Thrasher Construction, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Leconte Medical Center - Vending 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Cowlitz Food Hall 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR AXP Lounge LAS 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Machinery Services Group 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Research Council 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Continuum Environemtnal Services Ltd. 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crowne Plaza Costa Mesa 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.