Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufacturing · Michigan

Harsco Rail-Ludington

Ludington, MI · ~158 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harsco Rail-Ludington runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Harsco Rail-Ludington: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harsco Rail-Ludington safety composite

Harsco Rail-Ludington scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2016→2018

Harsco Rail-Ludington injury rate improved

Harsco Rail-Ludington's TCR fell 0.9 from 1.9 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.9 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336510 · Ludington, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P44
  • PHOTO Sidney NE Car Shop
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sidney NE Car Shop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harsco Rail-Ludington in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harsco Rail-Ludington averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Harsco Rail-Ludington TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Harsco Rail-Ludington falls in its industry

208 Railroad cars, self-propelled, establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Harsco Rail-Ludington (158 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Harsco Rail-Ludington
Harsco Rail-Ludington (158 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 88 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Harsco Rail-Ludington has more employees than the Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 1.0 0.0 2 0 0
2017 4.8 2.4 6 0 0
2016 1.9 0.6 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336510 · MI · Ludington

208 Railroad cars, self-propelled, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 55 employers in Ludington, MI · 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 Sidney NE Car Shop 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mobile Rail Take Up 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FreightCar America - Roanoke 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memphis TN Trackworks 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Merlo Construction Company, Inc. 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE PLYMOUTH, MI 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barrette Outdoor Living 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Glass Fabrictors 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR SH Ludington Hospital - SHLH 610 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2102 294 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ludington 280 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2102 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Zeller Electric, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Scrub, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Montgomery Hauling 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nickle Electrical Companies 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wayne Bailey Inc. 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Purity - Nashville 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highline Rehabilitation & Care Community 158 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.