Motor freight carrier, general, local · Illinois

Valley Cartage ORD

Melrose Park, IL · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Cartage ORD runs at 56% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade B.

Valley Cartage ORD: 2.5 TCR = 56% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Cartage ORD safety composite

Valley Cartage ORD scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−5.1

2020→2021

Valley Cartage ORD injury rate improved

Valley Cartage ORD's TCR fell 5.1 from 5.1 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Melrose Park, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 56% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/161
  • PHOTO Elkridge
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elkridge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Cartage ORD in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Cartage ORD averages 2.5 TCR (56% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Valley Cartage ORD TCR series: 2020=5.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Cartage ORD falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 161 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Illinois.

Valley Cartage ORD (26 employees, TCR 2.5) 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 Valley Cartage ORD
Valley Cartage ORD (26 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Valley Cartage ORD has fewer employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.1 5.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Melrose Park

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 96 employers in Melrose Park, IL · 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 Elkridge 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Day & Ross- York 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crawford Trucking 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DCC : 4876-00 Wegmans/Pottsville, PA 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE ILRLN - ROCK ISLAND 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sterling Rail 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Transcare 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jewel Distribution DC 1,169 FTE
CITY-NEAR NAI-0032-0032-06651 FAC-06651-MELROSE PARK-IL 1,106 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gottlieb Memorial Hospital 923 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant 714 FTE
NAT-TCR Aultman Specialty Hospital 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Madison County Cooperative Toney 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Seakeeper, Inc PA 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR VMC 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Valley Cartage Company STC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Chattanooga 1705 Shepherd Rd 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reunion Lake RV Resort 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kayline Processing 26 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. 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.