HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS
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SAINT JOSEPH, MO | Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator
~67 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS has an average TCR of 1.1, which is 79% of the industry average (1.4) for Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS
HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS operates an establishment with approximately 67 full-time equivalent workers in SAINT JOSEPH, MO, classified under the Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator industry (NAICS 532412). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 5 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 1.1 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 1.4 for Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator, HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS's workforce experiences 79% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 532412 — Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 144,245 hours worked = 1.39 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS (this establishment) | 1.10 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Construction machinery and equipment rental or leasing without operator industry avg | 1.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 532412 |
| Missouri state avg (all industries) | 7.13 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by HERZOG RAILROAD SERVICES, INC. - GPS to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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