Industry profile · NAICS 484122
Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL)
Workplace injury rates across 2,759 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024.
- 2,759
- Employers
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- BLS benchmark
- 71,011
- Injuries
The industry picture
Employers in Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) average 6.4 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.4 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.
- 6.4
- avg TCR · reporting employers
- 4.5
- BLS national benchmark
- 2,759
- employers reporting
- 71,011
- recordable injuries
OSHA-reporting establishments skew toward larger, higher-hazard sites, so the reporting average runs above the BLS all-establishment benchmark.
What Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) Safety Data Reveals
The Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) sector (NAICS 484122) encompasses 2,759 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 71,011 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window, producing an industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.4 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 6.4 is higher than 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 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 42 of 63| Employer | Location | Grade | Avg TCR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 757 West Palm Beach | Boynton Beach, FL | C | 4.3 |
| ABF Freight 051 | Kernersville, NC | C | 4.3 |
| South Boston 103 | South Boston, VA | C | 4.3 |
| Charlotte NC FXFE-CLT | Charlotte, NC | C | 4.3 |
| Des Moines IA FXFE-DSM | Des Moines, IA | C | 4.3 |
| Harrisburg PA FXFE-HSG | Middletown, PA | C | 4.3 |
| 1361 S. 3200 W. | Salt Lake City, UT | C | 4.3 |
| FWT-ODFL | Fort Worth, TX | C | 4.3 |
| R+L Carriers - HST | Houston, TX | C | 4.3 |
| XKO | Kokomo, IN | C | 4.3 |
| Gardena CA FXFE-GAR | Gardena, CA | C | 4.3 |
| 071 Fontana | Fontana, CA | C | 4.3 |
| Central Freight Lines Inc - Elm City | Elm City, NC | C | 4.3 |
| 42- Indianapolis Terminal | Indianapolis, IN | C | 4.3 |
| BGR | Bangor, ME | C | 4.3 |
| MN-Burnsville-347-YRC Freight | Burnsville, MN | C | 4.3 |
| 6284-HL-CN | Charlotte, NC | C | 4.3 |
| WPT | Williamsport, PA | C | 4.3 |
| RKI | East Moline, IL | C | 4.3 |
| Central Freight Lines, Inc. - Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | C | 4.3 |
| Sg Springfield | Strafford, MO | C | 4.3 |
| XIN | Plainfield, IN | C | 4.3 |
| South Dallas TX FXFE-SDA | Dallas, TX | C | 4.3 |
| Atlanta 041 | Ellenwood, GA | C | 4.3 |
| TER | Terre Haute, IN | C | 4.3 |
| SBO | San Bernardino, CA | C | 4.3 |
| Chattanooga TN Cleveland Shop | Cleveland, TN | C | 4.3 |
| Phoenix Shop AZ FXFE-PHXS | Phoenix, AZ | C | 4.3 |
| Mercedes Dmb | Vance, AL | C | 4.3 |
| MO-Saint Louis-621-YRC Freight | Saint Louis, MO | C | 4.3 |
| 521 Houston | Houston, TX | C | 4.3 |
| MAU | Mauston, WI | C | 4.3 |
| Boise Cascade Dbo | Greensboro, NC | C | 4.2 |
| OR-Portland-501-Reddaway | Portland, OR | C | 4.2 |
| Austin Terminal | Austin, TX | C | 4.2 |
| Decatur AL FXFE-DCU | Madison, AL | C | 4.2 |
| CLE-ODFL | Garfield Heights, OH | C | 4.2 |
| TOL-ODFL | Toledo, OH | C | 4.2 |
| 6284-Yr-653 Yt | Charlotte, NC | C | 4.2 |
| 6284-HL-BR | Birch Run, MI | C | 4.2 |
| Brothers Superior Services LLC | Indianapolis, IN | C | 4.2 |
| GJN-ODFL | Grand Junction, CO | C | 4.2 |
| 6284-Yr-261 Rx | Taylor, MI | C | 4.2 |
| R+L Carriers - NOR | Norwalk, OH | C | 4.2 |
| Roanoke 007 | Roanoke, VA | C | 4.2 |
| Santa Maria 294 | Santa Maria, CA | C | 4.2 |
| Kingsport TN FXFE-KPT | Blountville, TN | C | 4.2 |
| Rochester NY FXFE-ROC | North Chili, NY | C | 4.2 |
| MI-Taylor-261-YRC Freight | Taylor, MI | C | 4.2 |
| PIT-ODFL | Eighty Four, PA | C | 4.2 |
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.