Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Universal Freight Express

Cresco, IA · ~21 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Universal Freight Express runs at 456% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Universal Freight Express: 15.1 TCR = 456% of Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Universal Freight Express safety composite

Universal Freight Express scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−0.4

2018→2021

Universal Freight Express injury rate improved

Universal Freight Express's TCR fell 0.4 from 21.5 in 2018 to 21.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=21.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=21.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Cresco, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.1 · 456% of ind

  • DART 21.1 DART
  • RANK #23/24
  • PHOTO Stoughton Trailers LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Stoughton Trailers LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Universal Freight Express in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Universal Freight Express averages 15.1 TCR (456% of the Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Universal Freight Express TCR series: 2018=21.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=21.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Universal Freight Express falls in its industry

474 Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-ty establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-ty employers in Iowa.

Universal Freight Express (21 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Universal Freight Express
Universal Freight Express (21 employees, TCR 15.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Universal Freight Express has fewer employees than the Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2021 21.1 21.1 1 0 0
2020 17.7 17.7 0 1 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 21.5 21.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · IA · Cresco

474 Horse trailers, fifth-wheel-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 22 employers in Cresco, IA · 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 Stoughton Trailers LLC 15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trinity Trailer Mfg. Inc. 14.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plant 601 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Summit Trailer Sales, Inc. 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Featherlite, Inc. 433 FTE
CITY-NEAR Featherlite Trailers 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Donaldson Filtration 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Donaldson Company 257 FTE
NAT-TCR Briargate Family Center 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Steward Machine Company - Plant 2 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Willmar Senior High 15.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZTXA 15.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Date Palm Country Club 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tripp Electric Motors, Inc 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Croton Mill 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE HDEN 21 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.