Industry profile · NAICS 484121
General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL)
Workplace injury rates across 2,880 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 2,880
- Employers
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- BLS benchmark
- 51,158
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) average 3.9 recordable injuries per 100 workers, below the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.
- 3.9
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 4.5
- BLS national benchmark
- 2,880
- employers reporting
- 51,158
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) Safety Data Reveals
The General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) sector (NAICS 484121) encompasses 2,880 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 51,158 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year. Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 3.9 is below the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.
The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload (TL) that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.
Employers in this industry, by injury rate
Page 13 of 76| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6223-575 | Ontario, CA | D | 6.0 |
| The Simpson Group Inc | Auburn Hills, MI | D | 5.9 |
| OR-Portland-Operating Center | Portland, OR | D | 5.9 |
| 320933 | Jessup, MD | D | 5.9 |
| Equity Transportation | Walker, MI | D | 5.9 |
| NWA | Smyrna, GA | D | 5.9 |
| Lafayette | Carencro, LA | D | 5.9 |
| Shreveport | Bossier City, LA | D | 5.9 |
| Armellini Cleveland | Monroe, OH | D | 5.9 |
| McKee Foods Corporation - AZ | Kingman, AZ | D | 5.9 |
| BST Co. | London, OH | D | 5.9 |
| Dart X Eagan MN | Eagan, MN | D | 5.8 |
| Tidewater Transit-Dalton | Dalton, GA | D | 5.8 |
| Premier Transportation & Warehousing Inc | Elgin, IL | D | 5.8 |
| Tcw, Inc Memphis | Memphis, TN | D | 5.8 |
| Springfield, OH (WC USX MED) | Springfield, OH | D | 5.8 |
| Ursa Logistics-OC | Oak Creek, WI | D | 5.8 |
| Den Ltl | Denver, CO | D | 5.8 |
| 6223-832 | Oklahoma City, OK | D | 5.8 |
| Norbet Trucking | South Plainfield, NJ | D | 5.8 |
| Puerto Rico | Guaynabo, PR | D | 5.8 |
| Purdy Brothers Trucking, LLC | Loudon, TN | D | 5.8 |
| HDS-Lawrenceville | Lawrenceville, GA | D | 5.8 |
| Lck Ltl | Columbus, OH | D | 5.8 |
| 6223-804 | Southaven, MS | D | 5.8 |
| Eagle Express Lines, Inc | Homewood, IL | D | 5.8 |
| Material Delivery Service, Inc. | Pelham, AL | D | 5.8 |
| Columbus Terminal-NON DOT | Columbus, OH | D | 5.8 |
| Chapman Trucking Inc | Auburn, ME | D | 5.8 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | Anderson, CA | D | 5.8 |
| MTS Detroit | Detroit, MI | D | 5.8 |
| Wood Lake | Wood Lake, MN | D | 5.8 |
| Hendrickson Truck Lines Inc | Sacramento, CA | D | 5.8 |
| 6223-617 | Fort Worth, TX | D | 5.8 |
| 414-DC002 | Blue Ash, OH | D | 5.8 |
| Fastrak Express,Inc. | Rising Sun, MD | D | 5.7 |
| Mci Ltl | Kansas City, OH | D | 5.7 |
| Kreilkamp Trucking, Inc., Allenton Location | Allenton, WI | D | 5.7 |
| Knoxville/Lenoir City Terminal-NON DOT | Lenoir City, TN | D | 5.7 |
| 6223-714 | Grand Prairie, TX | D | 5.7 |
| Gary Amoth Trucking, Inc | Twin Falls, ID | D | 5.7 |
| Sharp Transit LLC Springfield OH | Springfield, OH | D | 5.7 |
| Cleveland Terminal | Cleveland, OH | D | 5.7 |
| Martin Trucking, Inc. | Hugoton, KS | D | 5.7 |
| E W Wylie Fargo | Fargo, ND | D | 5.7 |
| Dakotaland Transportation Inc. | Sioux Falls, SD | D | 5.7 |
| RG Transportation Inc | Idaho Falls, ID | D | 5.7 |
| Go-To Transport, Inc. | Bay City, MI | D | 5.7 |
| Jaro Transportation Services Inc-Warren | Warren, OH | D | 5.7 |
| Three Way Logistics Harris Branch | Manor, TX | D | 5.7 |
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