Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) · Pennsylvania
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services
Pottstown, PA · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) workplace, earning a grade D.
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services: 6.3 TCR = 139% of Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services safety composite
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services: 3.0 → 12.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services's TCR rose 9.0 from 3.0 in 2020 to 12.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488210 · Pottstown, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 139% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/15
- PHOTO SPRINGFIELD
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~25 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SPRINGFIELD (0.0 TCR gap)
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Diversified Mechanical Rail Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Happs LLC
Happs LLC
6.4 TCR
- This site
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services
6.3 TCR
- Princeton Rail
Princeton Rail
6.3 TCR
- Union Tank Car
Union Tank Car Company - Marion 2, OH
6.3 TCR
- SPRINGFIELD
SPRINGFIELD
6.2 TCR
What this shows Diversified Mechanical Rail Services averages 6.3 TCR (139% of the Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) BLS benchmark).
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services TCR series: 2020=3 · 2021=11.8 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=12 · BLS 4.5
Where Diversified Mechanical Rail Services falls in its industry
409 Locomotive and rail car repair establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Pennsylvania alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 15 Locomotive and rail car repair employers in Pennsylvania.
Diversified Mechanical Rail Services has fewer 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 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488210 · PA · Pottstown
409 Locomotive and rail car repair (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 110 employers in Pottstown, PA · 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 | SPRINGFIELD | 6.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Princeton Rail | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Union Tank Car Company - Marion 2, OH | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Happs LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer New Holland NHL1 | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hunterstown Power Generation | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Power Producer | 25 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pottstown Hospital LLC | 888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Limerick Generating Station | 775 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pottstown Plant | 328 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Buckman's Inc. | 316 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Acme Monaco Corporation | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dacula GA | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Michael Curry Design, Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Orem City Police Department | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Wurth Baer Supply Co BR 83 | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sinclairville Volunteer Fire Company | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meise Construction Inc. | 25 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Joe W. Fly Co., Inc. Austin | 25 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.