Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Ohio

Cathcart Rail LLC

Name: Cathcart Rail LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Columbus, OH · ~736 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

Cathcart Rail LLC runs at 88% 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.

Cathcart Rail LLC: 4.0 TCR = 88% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cathcart Rail LLC safety composite

Cathcart Rail LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Cathcart Rail LLC held a steady TCR band

Cathcart Rail LLC's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.1 in 2023 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.1 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488210 · Columbus, OH AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 88% of ind

DART 2.3 DART
RANK #25/35
PHOTO RRS Marysville
BOOK 2y book
INJ 58 inj
SIZE ~736 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RRS Marysville (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Cathcart Rail LLC averages 4.0 TCR (88% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).

Cathcart Rail LLC TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Cathcart Rail LLC falls in its industry

409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 35 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Ohio.

Cathcart Rail LLC (736 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Cathcart Rail LLC 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
2024	3.8	2.3	25	5	0
2023	4.1	2.4	33	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488210 · OH · Columbus

409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, 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	RRS Marysville	MARYSVILLE, OH	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Illinois	LENEXA, KS	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TESL Eaton	EATON, CO	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	US Intermodal, Inc., Council Bluffs, IA	COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Valley Interior Systems	CINCINNATI	735 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BWX Technologies, LLC	BARBERTON	737 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NAPM	EATON	737 FTE
STATE-SIZE	RICART AUTOMOTIVE PERSONNEL INC	GROVEPORT	737 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus	Columbus	10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1	Columbus	5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jane Hatchery	Pineville, MO	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home	Gloversville, NY	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Carlinville Area Hospital	Carlinville, IL	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Heartland Catfish Company	Itta Bena, MS	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Haywood Regional Medical Center	Clyde, NC	736 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Orthodontics	Sheboygan, WI	736 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Raise Group Public Benefit Corporation	Houston, TX	736 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tempe Facility	Tempe, AZ	736 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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