Motor freight carrier, general, local · Pennsylvania

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie

Grove City, PA · ~40 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade D.

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie: 7.7 TCR = 171% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie safety composite

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−7.5

2016→2024

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie injury rate improved

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie's TCR fell 7.5 from 7.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=19.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Grove City, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 171% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #140/194
  • PHOTO M&M Transport - Bloo…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: M&M Transport - Bloomfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Trucking LLC-Erie in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Trucking LLC-Erie averages 7.7 TCR (171% 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-Erie TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=14.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=11.7 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=19.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Ward Trucking LLC-Erie falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #140 safest of 194 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Pennsylvania.

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie (40 employees, TCR 7.7) 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-Erie
Ward Trucking LLC-Erie (40 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Ward Trucking LLC-Erie 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 19.3 8.3 7 0 0
2022 5.5 2.8 2 0 0
2021 10.8 10.8 4 0 0
2020 11.7 11.7 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 14.4 9.6 6 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.5 7.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · PA · Grove City

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grove City, 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 M&M Transport - Bloomfield 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meijer DC880 Newport 582 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NJNWK - NEWARK 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Titus - Edwardsville 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CNB Mushroom, LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE ASA Mushroom LLC 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Conard-Pyle Co. 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coastal Greenhouses, LLC -PA 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Services Supply Chain Operations : Grove City, PA 585 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grove City Engine 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wabtec Grove City Engine 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR UX-Grove City, PA 430 FTE
NAT-TCR Saint Jean Industries 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Watercrest at Mansfield 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Comfort Control Supply Co Inc 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Ranger Die, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Cincinnati 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantech Plastics 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Richmond 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Trucking LLC-Buffalo 40 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.