Motor freight carrier, general, local · North Carolina

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh

Durham, NC · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh runs at 28% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Motor freight carrier, general, local workplace, earning a grade A.

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh: 1.3 TCR = 28% of Motor freight carrier, general, local BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh safety composite

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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%).

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh held a steady TCR band

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Durham, NC AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 28% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/89
  • PHOTO 885_16732
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 885_16732 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh averages 1.3 TCR (28% 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-Raleigh TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh falls in its industry

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 89 Motor freight carrier, general employers in North Carolina.

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh (30 employees, TCR 1.3) 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-Raleigh
Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh (30 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Ward Trucking LLC-Raleigh 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.3 6.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · NC · Durham

2,784 Motor freight carrier, general, local employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 530 employers in Durham, NC · 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 885_16732 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NFI DRAYAGE LLC-15913 Mountain Ave. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR East Coast Truck Lines LLC 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDS Tifton 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shugart Farm 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hays Hatchery 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hight Family Farms LLC 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE High Point Operations Center 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University 23,871 FTE
CITY-NEAR Duke University Hospital 11,048 FTE
CITY-NEAR BCBSNC Telecommuters 3,033 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wolfspeed - Durham, NC 3,013 FTE
NAT-TCR Peterson Hillsboro 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Terry Henricks Ford 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR EHP-Techniplex 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cargill Corn Milling 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Astec Rossville 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Progreso LMMM Valley#5, LLC 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eugene Plant 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE DGS Aviation Services : LSE - La Crosse 30 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.