General freight trucking, local · Kentucky

Upton Ky

Upton, KY · ~102 workers · 7 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

Upton Ky runs at 59% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Upton Ky: 2.7 TCR = 59% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Upton Ky safety composite

Upton Ky scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−5.0

2016→2022

Upton Ky injury rate improved

Upton Ky's TCR fell 5.0 from 7.9 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Upton, KY AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 59% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #20/57
  • PHOTO Hodge Trucking Compa…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hodge Trucking Company Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Upton Ky in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Upton Ky averages 2.7 TCR (59% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

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

Upton Ky TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=0.8 · 2019=0.7 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=2.1 · 2022=2.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Upton Ky falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 57 General freight trucking, loca employers in Kentucky.

Upton Ky (102 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 Upton Ky
Upton Ky (102 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Upton Ky has more employees than the General freight trucking, local median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2022 2.9 1.9 3 0 0
2021 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2020 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2019 0.7 0.7 1 0 0
2018 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 3 0 0
2016 7.9 7.3 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · KY · Upton

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky 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 Hodge Trucking Company Inc 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agate Contracting Corp., Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR ILPLA - PALATINE 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chrysler Denver TSP 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LGE-KU Mill Creek Generating Station 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawrenceburg 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE CertainTeed Gypsum Carrollton 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE KIRIU-USA Corporation 102 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Yakima City Hall 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ilpla - Palatine 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Yuma Regional Medical Center Women's Health Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR West St Paul ISD #197-Mendota Elementary 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brad Foote Gearing Cicero 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apex Construction Group, Inc. - Nevada 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE PSSI - 0747 Indiana Packers Corporation 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel 102 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.