Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance · California

Wheeler Trucking (National City)

National City, CA · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheeler Trucking (National City) runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Wheeler Trucking (National City): 7.3 TCR = 163% of Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheeler Trucking (National City) safety composite

Wheeler Trucking (National City) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.7

2016→2017

Wheeler Trucking (National City) injury rate improved

Wheeler Trucking (National City)'s TCR fell 0.7 from 7.7 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.95× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · National City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #42/44
  • PHOTO T159
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T159 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wheeler Trucking (National City) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheeler Trucking (National City) averages 7.3 TCR (163% of the Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

Wheeler Trucking (National City) TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=7 · BLS 4.5

Where Wheeler Trucking (National City) falls in its industry

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, l establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 44 Automobile carrier trucking, l employers in California.

Wheeler Trucking (National City) (20 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 Wheeler Trucking (National City)
Wheeler Trucking (National City) (20 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Wheeler Trucking (National City) has fewer employees than the Automobile carrier trucking, long-distan median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2017 7.0 7.0 2 0 0
2016 7.7 7.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · CA · National City

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 100 employers in National City, CA · 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 T159 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dedicated - Dollar General Westville 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Canton Terminal 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR T155 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sills Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CALMEX CONTRACTING INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velvet Antler Ranch LLC 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paradise Valley Hospital 1,014 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0908 - CWI OPTICAL LAB - CA 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMZL : DSD3 701 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5023 489 FTE
NAT-TCR CB103 - Hoffman Estates, IL 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Quikrete - HOUS 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amarillo (Txama) 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mahoning Valley (Ohmah) 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 105 Stonecrest Drive 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Shreveport 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0787 - Cullman, Al 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0662 - Amsterdam, Ny 20 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.