Motor freight carrier, general, local · Wisconsin

Valley Cartage LAX

Name: Valley Cartage LAX Workplace Safety Data
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Onalaska, WI · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 7.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valley Cartage LAX runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Valley Cartage LAX: 7.8 TCR = 174% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Cartage LAX safety composite

Valley Cartage LAX scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

−8.7

2017→2021

Valley Cartage LAX injury rate improved

Valley Cartage LAX's TCR fell 8.7 from 13.3 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.3 · 2018=8.6 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Onalaska, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 174% of ind

DART 4.6 DART
RANK #71/98
PHOTO Trevis Berry Transpo…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trevis Berry Transportation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trevis Berry T

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1241 West Palm

7.8
805 SLNP TRANS

7.8
Hopedale

7.8

What this shows Valley Cartage LAX averages 7.8 TCR (174% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Valley Cartage LAX TCR series: 2017=13.3 · 2018=8.6 · 2020=5 · 2021=4.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Cartage LAX falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 98 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Wisconsin.

Valley Cartage LAX (20 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Valley Cartage LAX 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
2021	4.6	4.6	1
2020	5.0	5.0	1
2018	8.6	8.6	2
2017	13.3	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · WI · Onalaska

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 71 employers in Onalaska, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Trevis Berry Transportation	GILROY, CA	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1241 West Palm	WEST PALM BEACH, FL	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	805 SLNP TRANSPORT DISPATCH	KINLOCH, MO	7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hopedale	HOPEDALE, MA	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Alsum Farms Inc.	ARENA	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	FGI West Salem	WEST SALEM	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	760 Durand Agronomy	DURAND	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	764 Osseo Agronomy	OSSEO	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gundersen - Onalaska Clinic, Renal, and SSB	Onalaska	1,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Onalaska Support Services	Onalaska	571 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1679	Onalaska	505 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Gundersen Onalaska Clinic	Onalaska	456 FTE
NAT-TCR	040/Methuen	Methuen, MA	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Strack and Van Til Chesterton	Chesterton, IN	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Standard Metals	Long Beach, CA	7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	AmeriCare Plus - Orange	Orange, VA	7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	VITALIGENT LLC Garin Ranch 706	Brentwood, CA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VITALIGENT LLC Vacaville Commons 623	Vacaville, CA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VITALIGENT LLC Broadstone Plaza Folsom II 426	Folsom, CA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VITALIGENT LLC Arden Way Sacramento 419	Sacramento, CA	20 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.