Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Virginia
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA
Lynchburg, VA · ~70 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade C.
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA: 4.0 TCR = 90% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA safety composite
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% 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%).
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA held a steady TCR band
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.4 in 2016 to 4.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.4 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Lynchburg, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 90% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK P31
- PHOTO Transco Railcar Repa…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Transco Railcar Repair, Inc. - Miles City, MT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA
4 TCR
- Transco Railca
Transco Railcar Repair, Inc. - Miles City, MT
4 TCR
- US Intermodal,
US Intermodal, Inc., Council Bluffs, IA
4 TCR
- UTC Railcar Re
UTC Railcar Repair Services - Sayre, PA
4 TCR
- Illinois
Illinois
4 TCR
What this shows Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA averages 4.0 TCR (90% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=8.9 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA falls in its industry
409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Appalachian Tank Car Services - Lynchburg VA has more employees than the Locomotive and rail car repair (except f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.9 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · VA · Lynchburg
409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 360 employers in Lynchburg, VA · 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 | Transco Railcar Repair, Inc. - Miles City, MT | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US Intermodal, Inc., Council Bluffs, IA | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | UTC Railcar Repair Services - Sayre, PA | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Illinois | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Green Leaf Medical of Virginia LLC | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corporate | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Monarc Construction, Inc. | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lynchburg General Hospital | 2,596 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWXT NOG Lynchburg | 2,200 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg | 2,180 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centra Urgent Care Forest | 1,283 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Day School For Autism | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Michigan Holland 10985 Chicago Dr | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rush Health Systems | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Modern Disposal Buffalo Recycle | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | North Shore Chevrolet LLC | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harbor Freight Tools Quality Assurance | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lind Exco, Inc | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Community Nursing Home, Inc. | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.