General freight trucking, local · Illinois

Vertical Holdings Drivers

Name: Vertical Holdings Drivers Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chicago, IL · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vertical Holdings Drivers runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Vertical Holdings Drivers: 8.3 TCR = 186% of General freight trucking, local BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vertical Holdings Drivers safety composite

Vertical Holdings Drivers scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Vertical Holdings Drivers held a steady TCR band

Vertical Holdings Drivers's TCR held near 0.2 from 11.0 in 2017 to 10.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.0 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=10.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Chicago, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 186% of ind

DART 10.8 DART
RANK #132/161
PHOTO Clifton Jett Transpo…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clifton Jett Transport LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Penske : 5254-

8.4
FRESNO (CAESN)

8.4
This site

8.3
Clifton Jett T

8.3
South Main Tru

8.3

What this shows Vertical Holdings Drivers averages 8.3 TCR (186% of the General freight trucking, local BLS benchmark).

Vertical Holdings Drivers TCR series: 2017=11 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=10.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Vertical Holdings Drivers falls in its industry

2,784 General freight trucking, loca establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #132 safest of 161 General freight trucking, loca employers in Illinois.

Vertical Holdings Drivers (26 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Vertical Holdings Drivers has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, 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
2019	10.8	10.8	3
2018	3.2	0.0	1
2017	11.0	11.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IL · Chicago

2,784 General freight trucking, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 2,934 employers in Chicago, IL · 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	Clifton Jett Transport LLC	FISHERS, IN	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	South Main Trucking-Greensburg	GREENSBURG, PA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Penske : 5254-00 Overhead Door-DCC/Mt Hope, OH	MT. HOPE, OH	8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FRESNO (CAESN)	FRESNO, CA	8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rock River - Corporate	PROPHETSTOWN	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corporate	NORTHFIELD	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hill 'N Dale Farm	BARRINGTON	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Jackson Generation	ELWOOD	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago Public Schools	Chicago	49,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chicago/Corporate	Chicago	18,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	13,092 FTE
CITY-NEAR	University Health Service UIC UIC Campus	Chicago	12,732 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amarillo Sod Farm	Amarillo, TX	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Allentown Hospice	Allentown, PA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	6962-Swy 0025 0994	San Leandro, CA	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1218	Coral Springs, FL	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hilex Poly - Farmers Branch	Farmers Branch, TX	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sparex Warehouse	Aurora, OH	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Basecamp South Lake Tahoe	South Lake Tahoe, CA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	JD Mechanical Inc.	Indio, CA	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: 2019, 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.