Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) · Maryland

Branch Avenue Rail Yard

Suitland, MD · ~511 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Branch Avenue Rail Yard runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) workplace, earning a grade C.

Branch Avenue Rail Yard: 4.0 TCR = 88% of Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Branch Avenue Rail Yard safety composite

Branch Avenue Rail Yard scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2018→2022

Branch Avenue Rail Yard injury rate improved

Branch Avenue Rail Yard's TCR fell 2.1 from 4.0 in 2018 to 1.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.0 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485111 · Suitland, MD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 88% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #10/20
  • PHOTO Coleman Place
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~511 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Coleman Place (0.0 TCR gap)

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Branch Avenue Rail Yard in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Branch Avenue Rail Yard averages 4.0 TCR (88% of the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) BLS benchmark).

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

Branch Avenue Rail Yard TCR series: 2018=4 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.7 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=1.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Branch Avenue Rail Yard falls in its industry

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e. establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maryland alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 20 Mixed mode transit systems (e. employers in Maryland.

Branch Avenue Rail Yard (511 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Branch Avenue Rail Yard
Branch Avenue Rail Yard (511 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 217 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Branch Avenue Rail Yard has more employees than the Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2022 1.9 1.9 6 4 0
2021 5.4 5.2 20 9 0
2020 2.7 2.5 10 3 0
2019 5.8 5.6 21 5 0
2018 4.0 2.7 13 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485111 · MD · Suitland

421 Mixed mode transit systems (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway combinations) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,213 rated employers in Maryland with headcount on file · 12 employers in Suitland, MD · 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 Coleman Place 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Carrollton Rail Yard 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1953-7455 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WESTERN TRANSIT SYSTEMS 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lord Baltimore Building 510 FTE
STATE-SIZE IKEA SSC / Call Center 510 FTE
STATE-SIZE 99221 512 FTE
STATE-SIZE Freshly Inc. 513 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5700 BRANCH AVENUE RAIL FACILITY 459 FTE
CITY-NEAR Andrews Federal Bus Facility 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Washington Vending 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR 238884-TMP-SUITLAND BR 41 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Concrete 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1032 - Mira Loma 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Becker Community Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR PatientCare EMS MS 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Montgomery Transport, LLC 511 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milgard Manufacturing Simi Valley CA 511 FTE
NAT-SIZE 056785-San Francisco Ndc 511 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago IL (Merchandise Mart) 511 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.