Motor freight carrier, general, local · Minnesota

Valley Cartage DUL

Name: Valley Cartage DUL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Duluth, MN · ~19 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valley Cartage DUL runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Cartage DUL: 9.5 TCR = 211% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Cartage DUL safety composite

Valley Cartage DUL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−7.8

2020→2021

Valley Cartage DUL injury rate improved

Valley Cartage DUL's TCR fell 7.8 from 13.4 in 2020 to 5.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 13.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=13.4 · 2021=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Duluth, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 211% of ind

DART 5.6 DART
RANK #43/51
PHOTO MCO / LG16 - Orlando
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MCO / LG16 - Orlando (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.5
MCO / LG16 - O

9.5
RENO (NVTDR)

9.5
BURLINGTON (VT

9.5
BURLINGTON

9.5

What this shows Valley Cartage DUL averages 9.5 TCR (211% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Valley Cartage DUL TCR series: 2020=13.4 · 2021=5.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Cartage DUL falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 51 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Minnesota.

Valley Cartage DUL (19 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Valley Cartage DUL has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, local median and a higher 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
2021	5.6	5.6	1	0	0
2020	13.4	13.4	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · MN · Duluth

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 340 employers in Duluth, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	MCO / LG16 - Orlando	ORLANDO, FL	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RENO (NVTDR)	RENO, NV	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BURLINGTON (VTSBU)	SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	BURLINGTON	BURLINGTON, VT	9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sabin Breeding	SABIN	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz Farms Tilney MN	TRUMAN	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Danvers	DANVERS	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glyndon, MN	GLYNDON	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Mary's Medical Center	Duluth	3,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Luke's Hospital of Duluth	Duluth	3,052 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Building D-Miller Dwan Medical Center	Duluth	1,880 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Minnesota Duluth	Duluth	1,701 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ridout - Searcy	Searcy, AR	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	TLSI - Transport - Long Beach	Long Beach, CA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Myojo USA	Chino, CA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Conwaste Canovanas	Gurabo, PR	9.5 TCR

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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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