Motor freight carrier, general, local · Pennsylvania

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown

Easton, PA · ~131 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown runs at 300% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade F.

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown: 13.5 TCR = 300% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown safety composite

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown: 12.9 → 14.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 18.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2024

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown's TCR rose 1.9 from 12.9 in 2016 to 14.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Easton, PA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 300% of ind

  • DART 10.2 DART
  • RANK #179/194
  • PHOTO Walsh Cowlitz
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 157 inj
  • SIZE ~131 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Walsh Cowlitz (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown averages 13.5 TCR (300% of the Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown TCR series: 2016=12.9 · 2017=11.9 · 2018=15.3 · 2019=12.3 · 2020=12.8 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=18.9 · 2024=14.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #179 safest of 194 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Pennsylvania.

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown (131 employees, TCR 13.5) 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 Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown
Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown (131 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Ward Trucking LLC-Allentown has more 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
2024 14.8 10.2 16 0 0
2023 18.9 13.5 21 0 0
2022 11.3 7.8 12 1 0
2021 11.6 8.9 13 0 0
2020 12.8 6.4 12 2 0
2019 12.3 6.5 19 0 0
2018 15.3 7.1 26 0 0
2017 11.9 11.2 19 0 0
2016 12.9 10.8 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · PA · Easton

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 182 employers in Easton, PA · 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 Walsh Cowlitz 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR D0430 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bangor - Terminal 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alsum Transport 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bazella Group 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harris Masonry, Inc 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE D24 Pittsburgh 131 FTE
STATE-SIZE Zentis NA - Philadelphia 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ABE4 1,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR LAFAYETTE COLLEGE 1,338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Victaulic - Forks 1,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR Radial - Easton 2 1,181 FTE
NAT-TCR Heritage Oak LLC 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ellis Hospital 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnus, LLC 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Oilp, Inc 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 130-Hilton Anchorage Downtown 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brieser Construction 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Beverage Packaging, LLC - Olympia Plant 131 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wesley Pines Retirement Community 131 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.