Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance · Ohio

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield)

Name: Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Springfield, OH · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 8.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield): 8.4 TCR = 187% of Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) safety composite

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−15.3

2017→2020

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) injury rate improved

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield)'s TCR fell 15.3 from 19.2 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.2 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Springfield, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.4 · 187% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #62/70
PHOTO VA - Danville
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: VA - Danville (0.0 TCR gap)

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STL - 200

8.5
Lowell C Hagen

8.5
This site

8.4
VA - Danville

8.4
Port Allen Ter

8.3

What this shows Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) averages 8.4 TCR (187% of the Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) TCR series: 2017=19.2 · 2019=2 · 2020=4 · BLS 4.5

Where Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) falls in its industry

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, l establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #62 safest of 70 Automobile carrier trucking, l employers in Ohio.

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) (23 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Wheeler Trucking (Springfield) 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
2020	4.0	4.0	1
2019	2.0	2.0	1
2017	19.2	19.2	5

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · OH · Springfield

1,026 Automobile carrier trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 186 employers in Springfield, OH · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	VA - Danville	RINGGOLD, VA	8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	STL - 200	MADISON, IL	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowell C Hagen Trucking, Inc.	JANESVILLE, WI	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Port Allen Terminal	BATON ROUGE, LA	8.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC	TIFFIN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schlessman Seed Co	MILAN	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery	MADISON	23 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Navistar Springfield Assembly Plant	Springfield	1,573 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Health Springfield Regional Medical Center	Springfield	1,516 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Springfield Regional Medical Center	Springfield	1,512 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VA Springfield	Springfield	843 FTE
NAT-TCR	Crystal River Health and Rehab	Crystal River, FL	8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Region 2- Springfield	Albany, OR	8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	PADNOS Leitelt, Inc.	Grand Rapids, MI	8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 1232	Dickinson, TX	8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Riverview Ridge Personal Care	Wilkesbarre, PA	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Topeka Clubhouse	Topeka, KS	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Specialty Chemical Co. LLC	Cleveland, TN	23 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Western Specialty Contractors - Branch 007 - Springfield, IL	Springfield, IL	23 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, 2017. 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.