Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers · Mississippi

Waters International Trucks Inc.

Meridian, MS · ~98 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waters International Trucks Inc. runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Waters International Trucks Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 124% of Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waters International Trucks Inc. safety composite

Waters International Trucks Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−3.4

2017→2024

Waters International Trucks Inc. injury rate improved

Waters International Trucks Inc.'s TCR fell 3.4 from 4.3 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Meridian, MS ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 124% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #5/6
  • PHOTO ADESA Charlotte
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ADESA Charlotte (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waters International Trucks Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waters International Trucks Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (124% of the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Waters International Trucks Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Waters International Trucks Inc. falls in its industry

1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wh establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Mississippi alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Tractors, highway, merchant wh employers in Mississippi.

Waters International Trucks Inc. (98 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 Waters International Trucks Inc.
Waters International Trucks Inc. (98 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Waters International Trucks Inc. has more employees than the Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.7 0.8 2 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 4 0 0
2020 4.3 3.4 5 0 0
2019 3.6 2.7 4 0 0
2018 3.6 0.9 4 0 0
2017 4.3 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · MS · Meridian

1,333 Tractors, highway, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,083 rated employers in Mississippi with headcount on file · 147 employers in Meridian, MS · 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 ADESA Charlotte 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 11 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freightliner of Delmarva 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 75th Ave 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cal-Main Foods Inc. Edwards 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Magnolia Electric Power 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mechanical Services, LLC 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Lumber Company, Inc. 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anderson Regional Medical Center North Campus 1,189 FTE
CITY-NEAR Anderson Regional Medical Center 1,004 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progressive Pipeline Construction, LLC - Company 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rush Foundation Hospital 737 FTE
NAT-TCR STR0560 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Healthcare Linen 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 133 Chesterfield 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR flow polymers 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hazleton, PA 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE CA-Santa Monica S/C 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Brewer LLC 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE STR0491 98 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.