Motor freight carrier, general, local · Maryland

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore

Halethorpe, MD · ~79 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore runs at 275% 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-Baltimore: 12.4 TCR = 275% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore safety composite

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

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore held a steady TCR band

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore's TCR held near 0.3 from 11.1 in 2016 to 10.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 22.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.1 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=18.6 · 2022=22.3 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=10.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Halethorpe, MD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.4 · 275% of ind

  • DART 9.6 DART
  • RANK #52/58
  • PHOTO Samuels Transport Se…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 88 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Samuels Transport Service, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore averages 12.4 TCR (275% 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-Baltimore TCR series: 2016=11.1 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=13.2 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=18.6 · 2022=22.3 · 2023=15.2 · 2024=10.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 58 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Maryland.

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore (79 employees, TCR 12.4) 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-Baltimore
Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore (79 employees, TCR 12.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Ward Trucking LLC-Baltimore 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 10.8 9.6 9 0 0
2023 15.2 12.6 12 0 0
2022 22.3 19.7 17 0 0
2021 18.6 16.1 15 0 0
2020 5.4 2.7 4 0 0
2019 8.4 6.0 7 0 0
2018 13.2 8.4 11 0 0
2017 6.3 6.3 5 0 0
2016 11.1 8.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · MD · Halethorpe

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 45 employers in Halethorpe, MD · 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 Samuels Transport Service, Inc 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 88Delivers, LLC 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OXNARD (CAOXN) 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southington 12.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Desbuild Incorporated 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Towson Mechanical, Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE NA-US-MD-Hunt Valley-Clubhouse Road 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ecotone, LLC 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate/Baltimore General/ RE Michel/Regional Road/ SSL MD 370 FTE
CITY-NEAR Facility Site Contractors, Inc. 344 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate/Coke MD Mid Atlantic/MD Mid Atlantic Local/RE Michel/Regional RD/Sparrows Point 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bakery Express - Mid Atlantic 312 FTE
NAT-TCR Medilodge of Milford 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Danville 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Jim Murray Roofing, Inc. 12.4 TCR
NAT-TCR FLO005 12.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE LORD Corporation - Indianapolis 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aati P3 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Accurate Corrosion Control, Inc 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emmetsburg Care Center 79 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.