Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) · Tennessee
USXpress
Chattanooga, TN · ~7,385 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
USXpress runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares USXpress's OSHA Total Case Rate of 4.4 to the Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) BLS benchmark of 4.5 (97% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
USXpress's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where USXpress falls in its industry
3,776 Container trucking services, l establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 141 Container trucking services, l employers in Tennessee.
USXpress has an average TCR of 4.4, which is 97% of the industry average (4.5) for Container trucking services, long-distance (TL). This is better than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for USXpress
Between 2022 and 2024, USXpress's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 4.2 to 4.1 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 3% decrease across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 4.1, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 4.9, a spread of 0.8 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, USXpress recorded 1,131 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 1,131 injuries, 21 illnesses, and 1 fatality shown on this page for USXpress are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 484121 - Container trucking services, long-distance (TL).
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
257 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 14,682,024 hours worked = 3.50 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| USXpress (this establishment) | 4.37 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 484121 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by USXpress to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 298 reportable incidents · 294 injuries, 4 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 424 reportable incidents · 423 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 431 reportable incidents · 414 injuries, 16 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 294 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 423 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 414 | 16 | 1 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on USXpress's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 97% of the Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) benchmark, USXpress reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Container trucking services, long-distance (TL) sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.